linux — security advisory

{
  "id": "cc6a4bd6403600ad38b734038e593f0f6c0f8e67788b54095d3f193bb5eb8701",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48764",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48764",
    "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Free kvm_cpuid_entry2 array on post-KVM_RUN KVM_SET_CPUID{,2} Free the \"struct kvm_cpuid_entry2\" array on successful post-KVM_RUN KVM_SET_CPUID{,2} to fix a memory leak, the callers of kvm_set_cpuid() free the array only on failure. BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff88810963a800 (size 2048): comm \"syz-executor025\", pid 3610, jiffies 4294944928 (age 8.080s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0d 00 00 00 ................ 47 65 6e 75 6e 74 65 6c 69 6e 65 49 00 00 00 00 GenuntelineI.... backtrace: [] kmalloc_node include/linux/slab.h:604 [inline] [] kvmalloc_node+0x3e/0x100 mm/util.c:580 [] kvmalloc include/linux/slab.h:732 [inline] [] vmemdup_user+0x22/0x100 mm/util.c:199 [] kvm_vcpu_ioctl_set_cpuid2+0x8f/0xf0 arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c:423 [] kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl+0xb99/0x1e60 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:5251 [] kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x4ad/0x950 arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4066 [] 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+0xfc/0x140 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",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48764",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "linux",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "5.16.7-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "linux",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "5.16.7-1",
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          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "linux",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
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        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "5.16.7-1",
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          }
        ],
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    ],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48764"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "5.16.7-1"
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              ]
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "linux",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48764.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "5.16.7-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "linux",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48764.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
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            {
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                },
                {
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "linux",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48764.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-15T08:02:56.309029074Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2022-48764"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-48764"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-48764",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 324669,
  "published_at": "2024-06-20T12:15:14.45+00:00"
}