5.5

CVE-2022-49277

jffs2: fix memory leak in jffs2_do_mount_fs

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

jffs2: fix memory leak in jffs2_do_mount_fs

If jffs2_build_filesystem() in jffs2_do_mount_fs() returns an error,
we can observe the following kmemleak report:

--------------------------------------------
unreferenced object 0xffff88811b25a640 (size 64):
  comm "mount", pid 691, jiffies 4294957728 (age 71.952s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace:
    [<ffffffffa493be24>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x584/0x880
    [<ffffffffa5423a06>] jffs2_sum_init+0x86/0x130
    [<ffffffffa5400e58>] jffs2_do_mount_fs+0x798/0xac0
    [<ffffffffa540acf3>] jffs2_do_fill_super+0x383/0xc30
    [<ffffffffa540c00a>] jffs2_fill_super+0x2ea/0x4c0
    [...]
unreferenced object 0xffff88812c760000 (size 65536):
  comm "mount", pid 691, jiffies 4294957728 (age 71.952s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb  ................
    bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb bb  ................
  backtrace:
    [<ffffffffa493a449>] __kmalloc+0x6b9/0x910
    [<ffffffffa5423a57>] jffs2_sum_init+0xd7/0x130
    [<ffffffffa5400e58>] jffs2_do_mount_fs+0x798/0xac0
    [<ffffffffa540acf3>] jffs2_do_fill_super+0x383/0xc30
    [<ffffffffa540c00a>] jffs2_fill_super+0x2ea/0x4c0
    [...]
--------------------------------------------

This is because the resources allocated in jffs2_sum_init() are not
released. Call jffs2_sum_exit() to release these resources to solve
the problem.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 2.6.15 < 4.9.311
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.10 < 4.14.276
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.15 < 4.19.238
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.20 < 5.4.189
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.5 < 5.10.110
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.33
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 5.16.19
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.17 < 5.17.2
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.01% 0.01
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.