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drm/shmem-helper: Remove errant put in error path

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/shmem-helper: Remove errant put in error path drm_gem_shmem_mmap() doesn't own this reference, resulting in the GEM object getting prematurely freed leading to a later use-after-free.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.10.159, 5.15.83, 5.4.227, 6.0.13
CVEs
CVE-2022-48981
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 00:17 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

drm/shmem-helper: Remove errant put in error path

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Oct 2024, 20:05 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/shmem-helper: Remove errant put in error path drm_gem_shmem_mmap() doesn't own this reference, resulting in the GEM object getting prematurely freed leading to a later use-after-free.

osv:CVE-2022-48981

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.4.227, 5.10.159, 5.15.83, 6.0.13

Complete source record
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