blk-cgroup: properly pin the parent in blkcg_css_online (Linux Linux)

CVE-2022-49786
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.17 % · percentile 6 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-cgroup: properly pin the parent in blkcg_css_online blkcg_css_online is supposed to pin the blkcg of the parent, but 397c9f46ee4d refactored things and along the way, changed it to pin the css instead. This results in extra pins, and we end up leaking blkcgs and cgroups.

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 397c9f46ee4d99024c64954b007c1b5762d01cb4 < d118247e404d6338f7b90636a3c6b95a387ed163 ; affected 397c9f46ee4d99024c64954b007c1b5762d01cb4 < d7dbd43f4a828fa1d9a8614d5b0ac40aee6375fe
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.19 ; unaffected 0 < 5.19 ; unaffected 6.0.10 ≤ 6.0.* ; unaffected 6.1 ≤ *

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD