CVE-2022-49024 can: m_can: pci: add missing m_can_class_free_dev() in probe/remove methods

What is CVE-2022-49024?

CVE-2022-49024 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

can: m_can: pci: add missing m_can_class_free_dev() in probe/remove methods

In m_can_pci_remove() and error handling path of m_can_pci_probe(), m_can_class_free_dev() should be called to free resource allocated by m_can_class_allocate_dev(), otherwise there will be memleak.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49024?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49024?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-49024 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49024 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49024, GHSA-q7f5-6q4v-p39v, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49024.