CVE-2022-49257

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watch_queue: Fix NULL dereference in error cleanup In watch_queue_set_size(), the error cleanup code doesn't take account of the fact that __free_page() can't handle a NULL pointer when trying to free up buffer pages that did get allocated. Fix this by only calling __free_page() on the pages actually allocated. Without the fix, this can lead to something like the following: BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in __free_pages+0x1f/0x1b0 mm/page_alloc.c:5473 Read of size 4 at addr 0000000000000034 by task syz-executor168/3599 ... Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:446 [inline] kasan_report.cold+0x66/0xdf mm/kasan/report.c:459 check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:183 [inline] kasan_check_range+0x13d/0x180 mm/kasan/generic.c:189 instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:71 [inline] atomic_read include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:27 [inline] page_ref_count include/linux/page_ref.h:67 [inline] put_page_testzero include/linux/mm.h:717 [inline] __free_pages+0x1f/0x1b0 mm/page_alloc.c:5473 watch_queue_set_size+0x499/0x630 kernel/watch_queue.c:275 pipe_ioctl+0xac/0x2b0 fs/pipe.c:632 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:860 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x200 fs/ioctl.c:860 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

• smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions
• mlxsw: spectrum_acl_tcam: Fix possible use-after-free during rehash {CVE-2024-35854}
• cifs: Fix memory leak when build ntlmssp negotiate blob failed {CVE-2022-50372}
• scsi: lpfc: Check kzalloc() in lpfc_sli4_cgn_params_read() {CVE-2023-53038}
• drm/amd/display: Do not set DRR on pipe Commit {CVE-2023-53042}
• tcp: fix skb_copy_ubufs() vs BIG TCP {CVE-2023-53669}
• clk: Fix clk_core_get NULL dereference {CVE-2024-27038}
• drm/amd/display: Check null pointers before using dc->clk_mgr {CVE-2024-49907}
• bpf: reject unhashed sockets in bpf_sk_assign {CVE-2023-53585}
• driver core: fix resource leak in device_add() {CVE-2023-53594}
• wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: fix memory leak of remain_skbs {CVE-2023-53641}
• wifi: ath9k: verify the expected usb_endpoints are present {CVE-2022-50297}
• drm/amd/display: Fix potential null-deref in dm_resume {CVE-2022-50535}
• ext4: don't allow journal inode to have encrypt flag {CVE-2022-50277}
• tls: get psock ref after taking rxlock to avoid leak {CVE-2024-35908}
• cpumap: Zero-initialise xdp_rxq_info struct before running XDP program {CVE-2024-27431}
• bpf: Guard stack limits against 32bit overflow {CVE-2023-52676}
• can: isotp: isotp_sendmsg(): add result check for wait_event_interruptible() {CVE-2021-47457}
• serial: core: fix transmit-buffer reset and memleak {CVE-2021-47527}
• cpufreq: exit() callback is optional {CVE-2024-38615}
• ext4: fix mb_cache_entry's e_refcnt leak in ext4_xattr_block_cache_find() {CVE-2024-39276}
• tcp: defer shutdown(SEND_SHUTDOWN) for TCP_SYN_RECV sockets {CVE-2024-36905}
• wifi: nl80211: reject iftype change with mesh ID change {CVE-2024-27410}
• tcp: do not accept ACK of bytes we never sent {CVE-2023-52881}
• crypto: pcrypt - Fix hungtask for PADATA_RESET {CVE-2023-52813}
• net/mlx5: Properly link new fs rules into the tree {CVE-2024-35960}
• usb: ulpi: fix memory leak on ulpi_register() error paths
• usb: ulpi: fix double free in ulpi_register_interface() error path {CVE-2026-31759}
• wifi: ath11k: fix htt pktlog locking {CVE-2023-52800}
• net_sched: cls_flow: validate TCA_FLOW_RSHIFT attribute {CVE-2025-21653}
• calipso: fix memory leak in netlbl_calipso_add_pass() {CVE-2023-52698}
• wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: avoid NULL pointer dereference {CVE-2024-49929}
• ext4: update orig_path in ext4_find_extent() {CVE-2024-49881}
• drm/vmwgfx: Fix a deadlock in dma buf fence polling {CVE-2024-43863}
• RDMA/restrack: Fix potential invalid address access {CVE-2024-42080}
• net: can: j1939: Initialize unused data in j1939_send_one() {CVE-2024-42076}
• nfsd: clear acl_access/acl_default after releasing them {CVE-2025-21796}
• rtc: pl031: fix rtc features null pointer dereference {CVE-2022-49273}
• net: veth: clear GRO when clearing XDP even when down {CVE-2024-26803}
• coresight: cti: Fix hang in cti_disable_hw() {CVE-2022-50491}
• scsi: qla2xxx: Fix deletion race condition {CVE-2023-53615}
• iw_cxgb4: Fix potential NULL dereference in c4iw_fill_res_cm_id_entry() {CVE-2023-53476}
• scsi: qla2xxx: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference {CVE-2023-53451}
• usb: ucsi_acpi: Increase the command completion timeout {CVE-2023-53168}
• drivers: base: dd: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() {CVE-2023-53390}
• USB: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() {CVE-2023-53359}
• PM: domains: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() {CVE-2023-53202}
• drm/client: Fix memory leak in drm_client_modeset_probe {CVE-2023-53288}
• drivers: base: component: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() {CVE-2023-53409}
• USB: uhci: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() {CVE-2023-53197}
• media: uvcvideo: Handle cameras with invalid descriptors {CVE-2023-53437}
• arm64: csum: Fix OoB access in IP checksum code for negative lengths {CVE-2023-53726}
• bnxt: Do not read past the end of test names {CVE-2023-53010}
• dax: make sure inodes are flushed before destroy cache {CVE-2022-49220}
• cifs: Fix oops due to uncleared server->smbd_conn…

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

watch_queue: Fix NULL dereference in error cleanup

In watch_queue_set_size(), the error cleanup code doesn't take account of the fact that __free_page() can't handle a NULL pointer when trying to free up buffer pages that did get allocated.

Fix this by only calling __free_page() on the pages actually allocated.

Without the fix, this can lead to something like the following:

BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in __free_pages+0x1f/0x1b0 mm/page_alloc.c:5473 Read of size 4 at addr 0000000000000034 by task syz-executor168/3599 ... Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:446 [inline] kasan_report.cold+0x66/0xdf mm/kasan/report.c:459 check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:183 [inline] kasan_check_range+0x13d/0x180 mm/kasan/generic.c:189 instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:71 [inline] atomic_read include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:27 [inline] page_ref_count include/linux/page_ref.h:67 [inline] put_page_testzero include/linux/mm.h:717 [inline] __free_pages+0x1f/0x1b0 mm/page_alloc.c:5473 watch_queue_set_size+0x499/0x630 kernel/watch_queue.c:275 pipe_ioctl+0xac/0x2b0 fs/pipe.c:632 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:860 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x200 fs/ioctl.c:860 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 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).