CVE-2022-49256

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watch_queue: Actually free the watch free_watch() does everything barring actually freeing the watch object. Fix this by adding the missing kfree. kmemleak produces a report something like the following. Note that as an address can be seen in the first word, the watch would appear to have gone through call_rcu(). BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff88810ce4a200 (size 96): comm "syz-executor352", pid 3605, jiffies 4294947473 (age 13.720s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): e0 82 48 0d 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..H............. 80 a2 e4 0c 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff8214e6cc>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:581 [inline] [<ffffffff8214e6cc>] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:714 [inline] [<ffffffff8214e6cc>] keyctl_watch_key+0xec/0x2e0 security/keys/keyctl.c:1800 [<ffffffff8214ec84>] __do_sys_keyctl+0x3c4/0x490 security/keys/keyctl.c:2016 [<ffffffff84493a25>] do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] [<ffffffff84493a25>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 [<ffffffff84600068>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

• ext4: fix OOB read when checking dotdot dir {CVE-2025-37785}
• wifi: iwlwifi: limit printed string from FW file {CVE-2025-21905}
• drm/amdgpu: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in 'amdgpu_discovery_reg_base_init()' {CVE-2024-27042}
• dm-crypt: don't modify the data when using authenticated encryption {CVE-2024-26763}
• sunrpc: fix one UAF issue caused by sunrpc kernel tcp socket {CVE-2024-53168}
• cifs: Fix UAF in cifs_demultiplex_thread() {CVE-2023-52572}
• veth: Fix use after free in XDP_REDIRECT {CVE-2023-53107}
• firmware: arm_scmi: Fix slab-use-after-free in scmi_bus_notifier() {CVE-2024-53068}
• arm64/sve: Discard stale CPU state when handling SVE traps {CVE-2024-50275}
• Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in l2cap_send_cmd {CVE-2025-21969}
• wifi: mt76: mt7921e: fix use-after-free in free_irq() {CVE-2024-26892}
• rtc: pcf85063: fix potential OOB write in PCF85063 NVMEM read {CVE-2024-58069}
• nvme-tcp: fix potential memory corruption in nvme_tcp_recv_pdu() {CVE-2025-21927}
• pfifo_tail_enqueue: Drop new packet when sch->limit == 0 {CVE-2025-21702}
• net_sched: sch_fifo: implement lockless __fifo_dump() {CVE-2025-21702}
• iscsi_ibft: Fix UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds warning in ibft_attr_show_nic() {CVE-2025-21993}
• vlan: enforce underlying device type {CVE-2025-21920}
• HID: intel-ish-hid: Fix use-after-free issue in ishtp_hid_remove() {CVE-2025-21928}
• watch_queue: Actually free the watch {CVE-2022-49256}
• can: bcm: Fix UAF in bcm_proc_show() {CVE-2023-52922}
• ALSA: hda/via: Avoid potential array out-of-bound in add_secret_dac_path() {CVE-2023-52988}
• netfilter: nf_set_pipapo: fix initial map fill {CVE-2024-57947}
• hwmon: (lm90) Prevent integer overflow/underflow in hysteresis calculations {CVE-2021-47098}
• aio: fix use-after-free due to missing POLLFREE handling {CVE-2021-47505}
• aio: keep poll requests on waitqueue until completed {CVE-2021-47505}
• smb: client: fix potential deadlock when releasing mids {CVE-2023-52757}
• cifs: remove useless DeleteMidQEntry() {CVE-2023-52757}
• media: uvcvideo: Remove dangling pointers {CVE-2024-58002}
• media: uvcvideo: Only save async fh if success {CVE-2024-58002}
• media: uvcvideo: Refactor iterators {CVE-2024-58002}
• drm: nv04: Fix out of bounds access {CVE-2024-27008}
• drm/amdgpu: avoid buffer overflow attach in smu_sys_set_pp_table() {CVE-2025-21780}
• arm64: cacheinfo: Avoid out-of-bounds write to cacheinfo array {CVE-2025-21785}
• net: rose: fix timer races against user threads {CVE-2025-21718}
• media: uvcvideo: Fix double free in error path {CVE-2024-57980}
• vrf: use RCU protection in l3mdev_l3_out() {CVE-2025-21791}
• geneve: Fix use-after-free in geneve_find_dev(). {CVE-2025-21858}
• afs: Increase buffer size in afs_update_volume_status() {CVE-2024-26736}
• net: atlantic: eliminate double free in error handling logic {CVE-2023-52664}
• bpf: Check validity of link->type in bpf_link_show_fdinfo() {CVE-2024-53099}

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

watch_queue: Actually free the watch

free_watch() does everything barring actually freeing the watch object. Fix this by adding the missing kfree.

kmemleak produces a report something like the following. Note that as an address can be seen in the first word, the watch would appear to have gone through call_rcu().

BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff88810ce4a200 (size 96): comm "syz-executor352", pid 3605, jiffies 4294947473 (age 13.720s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): e0 82 48 0d 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..H............. 80 a2 e4 0c 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff8214e6cc>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:581 [inline] [<ffffffff8214e6cc>] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:714 [inline] [<ffffffff8214e6cc>] keyctl_watch_key+0xec/0x2e0 security/keys/keyctl.c:1800 [<ffffffff8214ec84>] __do_sys_keyctl+0x3c4/0x490 security/keys/keyctl.c:2016 [<ffffffff84493a25>] do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] [<ffffffff84493a25>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 [<ffffffff84600068>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2024-2201: Fixed information leak in x86/BHI (bsc#1217339).
• CVE-2024-41092: drm/i915/gt: Fix potential UAF by revoke of fence registers (bsc#1228483).
• CVE-2024-42098: crypto: ecdh - explicitly zeroize private_key (bsc#1228779).
• CVE-2024-42229: crypto: aead,cipher - zeroize key buffer after use (bsc#1228708).
• CVE-2024-57996: net_sched: sch_sfq: do not allow 1 packet limit (bsc#1239076).
• CVE-2024-58014: wifi: brcmsmac: add gain range check to wlc_phy_iqcal_gainparams_nphy() (bsc#1239109).
• CVE-2025-21718: net: rose: fix timer races against user threads (bsc#1239073).
• CVE-2025-21780: drm/amdgpu: avoid buffer overflow attach in smu_sys_set_pp_table() (bsc#1239115).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• initcall_blacklist: Does not allow kernel_lockdown be blacklisted (bsc#1237521).
• x86/bhi: Avoid warning in #DB handler due to BHI mitigation (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Cache the value of MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Fix BHI documentation (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Fix BHI handling of RRSBA (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Fix BHI retpoline check (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Fix return type of spectre_bhi_state() (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Remove CONFIG_BHI_MITIGATION_AUTO and spectre_bhi=auto (git-fixes).

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 RT kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2022-49053: scsi: target: tcmu: Fix possible page UAF (bsc#1237918).
• CVE-2022-49465: blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled (bsc#1238919).
• CVE-2022-49739: gfs2: Always check inode size of inline inodes (bsc#1240207).
• CVE-2023-52935: mm/khugepaged: fix ->anon_vma race (bsc#1240276).
• CVE-2024-53124: net: fix data-races around sk->sk_forward_alloc (bsc#1234074).
• CVE-2024-53176: smb: During unmount, ensure all cached dir instances drop their dentry (bsc#1234894).
• CVE-2024-53178: smb: Do not leak cfid when reconnect races with open_cached_dir (bsc#1234895).
• CVE-2024-56651: can: hi311x: hi3110_can_ist(): fix potential use-after-free (bsc#1235528).
• CVE-2024-57996: net_sched: sch_sfq: do not allow 1 packet limit (bsc#1239076).
• CVE-2024-58013: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_sync (bsc#1239095).
• CVE-2024-58014: wifi: brcmsmac: add gain range check to wlc_phy_iqcal_gainparams_nphy() (bsc#1239109).
• CVE-2025-21693: mm: zswap: properly synchronize freeing resources during CPU hotunplug (bsc#1237029).
• CVE-2025-21718: net: rose: fix timer races against user threads (bsc#1239073).
• CVE-2025-21772: partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table (bsc#1238911).
• CVE-2025-21780: drm/amdgpu: avoid buffer overflow attach in smu_sys_set_pp_table() (bsc#1239115).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• ACPI: processor: idle: Return an error if both P_LVL{2,3} idle states are invalid (bsc#1237530).
• RDMA/mana_ib: Prefer struct_size over open coded arithmetic (bsc#1239016).
• RDMA/mana_ib: Use v2 version of cfg_rx_steer_req to enable RX coalescing (bsc#1239016).
• Revert 'gfs2: Fix inode height consistency check (git-fixes).
• btrfs: defrag: do not use merged extent map for their generation check (bsc#1239968).
• btrfs: fix defrag not merging contiguous extents due to merged extent maps (bsc#1239968).
• btrfs: fix extent map merging not happening for adjacent extents (bsc#1239968).
• btrfs: send: allow cloning non-aligned extent if it ends at i_size (bsc#1239969).
• btrfs: send: fix invalid clone operation for file that got its size decreased (bsc#1239969).
• cifs: Add a laundromat thread for cached directories (git-fixes).
• cifs: fix potential null pointer use in destroy_workqueue in init_cifs error path (git-fixes).
• gfs2: Fix inode height consistency check (git-fixes).
• mm/mmu_notifier.c: fix race in mmu_interval_notifier_remove() (bsc#1239126).
• mm: zswap: move allocations during CPU init outside the lock (git-fixes).
• net: mana: Add flex array to struct mana_cfg_rx_steer_req_v2 (bsc#1239016).
• net: mana: Allow variable size indirection table (bsc#1239016).
• net: mana: Avoid open coded arithmetic (bsc#1239016).
• net: mana: Support holes in device list reply msg (bsc#1240133).
• sched/membarrier: Fix redundant load of membarrier_state (bsc#1232743).
• smb3: allow controlling length of time directory entries are cached with dir leases (git-fixes).
• smb3: do not start laundromat thread when dir leases disabled (git-fixes).
• smb3: retrying on failed server close (git-fixes).
• smb: client: destroy cfid_put_wq on module exit (git-fixes).
• smb: client: disable directory caching when dir_cache_timeout is zero (git-fixes).
• smb: client: do not start laundromat thread on nohandlecache (git-fixes).
• smb: client: make laundromat a delayed worker (git-fixes).
• smb: client: properly close cfids on umount (bsc#1231432, bsc#1232299, bsc#1235599, bsc#1234896).
• tpm: send_data: Wait longer for the TPM to become ready (bsc#1235870).

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 RT kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2022-49053: scsi: target: tcmu: Fix possible page UAF (bsc#1237918).
• CVE-2022-49465: blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled (bsc#1238919).
• CVE-2022-49739: gfs2: Always check inode size of inline inodes (bsc#1240207).
• CVE-2023-52935: mm/khugepaged: fix ->anon_vma race (bsc#1240276).
• CVE-2024-2201: Fixed information leak in x86/BHI (bsc#1217339).
• CVE-2024-41092: drm/i915/gt: Fix potential UAF by revoke of fence registers (bsc#1228483).
• CVE-2024-42098: crypto: ecdh - explicitly zeroize private_key (bsc#1228779).
• CVE-2024-42229: crypto: aead,cipher - zeroize key buffer after use (bsc#1228708).
• CVE-2024-53064: idpf: fix idpf_vc_core_init error path (bsc#1233558 bsc#1234464).
• CVE-2024-56651: can: hi311x: hi3110_can_ist(): fix potential use-after-free (bsc#1235528).
• CVE-2024-57996: net_sched: sch_sfq: do not allow 1 packet limit (bsc#1239076).
• CVE-2024-58014: wifi: brcmsmac: add gain range check to wlc_phy_iqcal_gainparams_nphy() (bsc#1239109).
• CVE-2024-58083: KVM: Explicitly verify target vCPU is online in kvm_get_vcpu() (bsc#1239036).
• CVE-2025-21693: mm: zswap: properly synchronize freeing resources during CPU hotunplug (bsc#1237029).
• CVE-2025-21714: RDMA/mlx5: Fix implicit ODP use after free (bsc#1237890).
• CVE-2025-21718: net: rose: fix timer races against user threads (bsc#1239073).
• CVE-2025-21732: RDMA/mlx5: Fix a race for an ODP MR which leads to CQE with error (bsc#1237877).
• CVE-2025-21753: btrfs: fix use-after-free when attempting to join an aborted transaction (bsc#1237875).
• CVE-2025-21772: partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table (bsc#1238911).
• CVE-2025-21780: drm/amdgpu: avoid buffer overflow attach in smu_sys_set_pp_table() (bsc#1239115).
• CVE-2025-21839: kABI: Fix kABI after backport od CVE-2025-21839 (bsc#1239061).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• ACPI: processor: idle: Return an error if both P_LVL{2,3} idle states are invalid (bsc#1237530).
• RDMA/mana_ib: Prefer struct_size over open coded arithmetic (bsc#1239016).
• RDMA/mana_ib: Use v2 version of cfg_rx_steer_req to enable RX coalescing (bsc#1239016).
• RDMA/mlx5: Fix implicit ODP hang on parent deregistration (git-fixes)
• btrfs: defrag: do not use merged extent map for their generation check (bsc#1239968).
• btrfs: fix defrag not merging contiguous extents due to merged extent maps (bsc#1239968).
• btrfs: fix extent map merging not happening for adjacent extents (bsc#1239968).
• btrfs: send: allow cloning non-aligned extent if it ends at i_size (bsc#1239969).
• btrfs: send: fix invalid clone operation for file that got its size decreased (bsc#1239969).
• gfs2: Fix inode height consistency check (git-fixes).
• mm/mmu_notifier.c: fix race in mmu_interval_notifier_remove() (bsc#1239126).
• mm: zswap: move allocations during CPU init outside the lock (git-fixes).
• net: mana: Add flex array to struct mana_cfg_rx_steer_req_v2 (bsc#1239016).
• net: mana: Allow variable size indirection table (bsc#1239016).
• net: mana: Avoid open coded arithmetic (bsc#1239016).
• net: mana: Fix error handling in mana_create_txq/rxq's NAPI cleanup (bsc#1240195).
• net: mana: Support holes in device list reply msg (bsc#1240133).
• x86/bhi: Avoid warning in #DB handler due to BHI mitigation (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Cache the value of MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Fix BHI documentation (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Fix BHI handling of RRSBA (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Fix BHI retpoline check (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Fix return type of spectre_bhi_state() (git-fixes).
• x86/bugs: Remove CONFIG_BHI_MITIGATION_AUTO and spectre_bhi=auto (git-fixes).

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2022-49053: scsi: target: tcmu: Fix possible page UAF (bsc#1237918).
• CVE-2022-49465: blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled (bsc#1238919).
• CVE-2022-49739: gfs2: Always check inode size of inline inodes (bsc#1240207).
• CVE-2023-52935: mm/khugepaged: fix ->anon_vma race (bsc#1240276).
• CVE-2024-53124: net: fix data-races around sk->sk_forward_alloc (bsc#1234074).
• CVE-2024-53176: smb: During unmount, ensure all cached dir instances drop their dentry (bsc#1234894).
• CVE-2024-53178: smb: Do not leak cfid when reconnect races with open_cached_dir (bsc#1234895).
• CVE-2024-56651: can: hi311x: hi3110_can_ist(): fix potential use-after-free (bsc#1235528).
• CVE-2024-57996: net_sched: sch_sfq: do not allow 1 packet limit (bsc#1239076).
• CVE-2024-58013: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_sync (bsc#1239095).
• CVE-2024-58014: wifi: brcmsmac: add gain range check to wlc_phy_iqcal_gainparams_nphy() (bsc#1239109).
• CVE-2025-21693: mm: zswap: properly synchronize freeing resources during CPU hotunplug (bsc#1237029).
• CVE-2025-21718: net: rose: fix timer races against user threads (bsc#1239073).
• CVE-2025-21772: partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table (bsc#1238911).
• CVE-2025-21780: drm/amdgpu: avoid buffer overflow attach in smu_sys_set_pp_table() (bsc#1239115).

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• ACPI: processor: idle: Return an error if both P_LVL{2,3} idle states are invalid (bsc#1237530).
• btrfs: defrag: do not use merged extent map for their generation check (bsc#1239968).
• btrfs: fix defrag not merging contiguous extents due to merged extent maps (bsc#1239968).
• btrfs: fix extent map merging not happening for adjacent extents (bsc#1239968).
• btrfs: send: allow cloning non-aligned extent if it ends at i_size (bsc#1239969).
• btrfs: send: fix invalid clone operation for file that got its size decreased (bsc#1239969).
• cifs: Add a laundromat thread for cached directories (git-fixes).
• cifs: fix potential null pointer use in destroy_workqueue in init_cifs error path (git-fixes).
• gfs2: Fix inode height consistency check (git-fixes).
• mm: zswap: move allocations during CPU init outside the lock (git-fixes).
• mm/mmu_notifier.c: fix race in mmu_interval_notifier_remove() (bsc#1239126).
• net: mana: Add flex array to struct mana_cfg_rx_steer_req_v2 (bsc#1239016).
• net: mana: Allow variable size indirection table (bsc#1239016).
• net: mana: Avoid open coded arithmetic (bsc#1239016).
• net: mana: Support holes in device list reply msg (bsc#1240133).
• RDMA/mana_ib: Prefer struct_size over open coded arithmetic (bsc#1239016).
• RDMA/mana_ib: Use v2 version of cfg_rx_steer_req to enable RX coalescing (bsc#1239016).
• sched/membarrier: Fix redundant load of membarrier_state (bsc#1232743).
• smb: client: destroy cfid_put_wq on module exit (git-fixes).
• smb: client: disable directory caching when dir_cache_timeout is zero (git-fixes).
• smb: client: do not start laundromat thread on nohandlecache (git-fixes).
• smb: client: make laundromat a delayed worker (git-fixes).
• smb: client: properly close cfids on umount (bsc#1231432, bsc#1232299, bsc#1235599, bsc#1234896).
• smb3: allow controlling length of time directory entries are cached with dir leases (git-fixes).
• smb3: do not start laundromat thread when dir leases disabled (git-fixes).
• smb3: retrying on failed server close (git-fixes).
• tpm: send_data: Wait longer for the TPM to become ready (bsc#1235870).