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CVE-2022-50545— r6040: Fix kmemleak in probe and remove

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Linux Linux
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于r6040驱动在探测和移除过程中存在内存泄漏，可能导致内存耗尽。

AI Predicted 3.3 Difficulty: Trivial EPSS 0.21% · P10

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Affected Version Matrix 20

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 3831861b4ad8fd0ad7110048eb3e155628799d2b< a04707f4596952049da05756c27398c34d9a1d36 affected
3831861b4ad8fd0ad7110048eb3e155628799d2b< b4448816e6a565e08236a6009c6bf48c6836cdfd affected
3831861b4ad8fd0ad7110048eb3e155628799d2b< 2ce242e1b9ad31c1f68496b3548e407a8cb2c07d affected
3831861b4ad8fd0ad7110048eb3e155628799d2b< b0a61359026b57a287a48fbb4ba1d097023eca3e affected
3831861b4ad8fd0ad7110048eb3e155628799d2b< 3d5f83a62e8235d235534b3dc6f197d8a822c269 affected
3831861b4ad8fd0ad7110048eb3e155628799d2b< 9b5b50329e2e966831a7237dd6949e7b5362a49a affected
3831861b4ad8fd0ad7110048eb3e155628799d2b< ad2c8f25457ca9a81e7e958148cbc26600ce3071 affected
3831861b4ad8fd0ad7110048eb3e155628799d2b< 5944c25c67de54e0aa53623e1e1af3bf8b16ed44 affected
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Vulnerability Title
r6040: Fix kmemleak in probe and remove
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: r6040: Fix kmemleak in probe and remove There is a memory leaks reported by kmemleak: unreferenced object 0xffff888116111000 (size 2048): comm "modprobe", pid 817, jiffies 4294759745 (age 76.502s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 c4 0a 04 81 88 ff ff 08 10 11 16 81 88 ff ff ................ 08 10 11 16 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff815bcd82>] kmalloc_trace+0x22/0x60 [<ffffffff827e20ee>] phy_device_create+0x4e/0x90 [<ffffffff827e6072>] get_phy_device+0xd2/0x220 [<ffffffff827e7844>] mdiobus_scan+0xa4/0x2e0 [<ffffffff827e8be2>] __mdiobus_register+0x482/0x8b0 [<ffffffffa01f5d24>] r6040_init_one+0x714/0xd2c [r6040] ... The problem occurs in probe process as follows: r6040_init_one: mdiobus_register mdiobus_scan <- alloc and register phy_device, the reference count of phy_device is 3 r6040_mii_probe phy_connect <- connect to the first phy_device, so the reference count of the first phy_device is 4, others are 3 register_netdev <- fault inject succeeded, goto error handling path // error handling path err_out_mdio_unregister: mdiobus_unregister(lp->mii_bus); err_out_mdio: mdiobus_free(lp->mii_bus); <- the reference count of the first phy_device is 1, it is not released and other phy_devices are released // similarly, the remove process also has the same problem The root cause is traced to the phy_device is not disconnected when removes one r6040 device in r6040_remove_one() or on error handling path after r6040_mii probed successfully. In r6040_mii_probe(), a net ethernet device is connected to the first PHY device of mii_bus, in order to notify the connected driver when the link status changes, which is the default behavior of the PHY infrastructure to handle everything. Therefore the phy_device should be disconnected when removes one r6040 device or on error handling path. Fix it by adding phy_disconnect() when removes one r6040 device or on error handling path after r6040_mii probed successfully.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于r6040驱动在探测和移除过程中存在内存泄漏，可能导致内存耗尽。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux 3831861b4ad8fd0ad7110048eb3e155628799d2b ~ a04707f4596952049da05756c27398c34d9a1d36 -
Linux Linux 2.6.36 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2022-50545 (9)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-10-07 · 118 CVEs total

CVE-2023-53629 9.8 CRITICAL fs: dlm: fix use after free in midcomms commit
CVE-2023-53630 8.8 HIGH iommufd: Fix unpinning of pages when an access is present
CVE-2023-53676 8.8 HIGH scsi: target: iscsi: Fix buffer overflow in lio_target_nacl_info_show()
CVE-2023-53675 8.8 HIGH scsi: ses: Fix possible desc_ptr out-of-bounds accesses
CVE-2023-53673 8.8 HIGH Bluetooth: hci_event: call disconnect callback before deleting conn
CVE-2023-53679 8.3 HIGH wifi: mt7601u: fix an integer underflow
CVE-2023-53635 8.2 HIGH netfilter: conntrack: fix wrong ct->timeout value
CVE-2022-50555 7.8 HIGH tipc: fix a null-ptr-deref in tipc_topsrv_accept
CVE-2023-53659 7.8 HIGH iavf: Fix out-of-bounds when setting channels on remove
CVE-2023-53619 7.8 HIGH netfilter: conntrack: Avoid nf_ct_helper_hash uses after free
CVE-2023-53660 7.8 HIGH bpf, cpumap: Handle skb as well when clean up ptr_ring
CVE-2023-53643 7.8 HIGH nvme-tcp: don't access released socket during error recovery
CVE-2023-53645 7.8 HIGH bpf: Make bpf_refcount_acquire fallible for non-owning refs
CVE-2023-53646 7.8 HIGH drm/i915/perf: add sentinel to xehp_oa_b_counters
CVE-2023-53669 7.8 HIGH tcp: fix skb_copy_ubufs() vs BIG TCP
CVE-2023-53626 7.8 HIGH ext4: fix possible double unlock when moving a directory
CVE-2023-53627 7.8 HIGH scsi: hisi_sas: Grab sas_dev lock when traversing the members of sas_dev.list
CVE-2022-50528 7.8 HIGH drm/amdkfd: Fix memory leakage
CVE-2023-53683 7.8 HIGH fs: hfsplus: remove WARN_ON() from hfsplus_cat_{read,write}_inode()
CVE-2022-50518 7.8 HIGH parisc: Fix locking in pdc_iodc_print() firmware call

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