# CVE-2022-49636: vlan: fix memory leak in vlan_newlink() > A memory leak in the Linux kernel VLAN module allows local attackers to exhaust system memory, causing denial of service. - **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Any signed-in user - **Attackable:** Local or same network only - **Victim action needed:** Not needed - **Fix available:** Yes - **Published:** 26 Feb 2025 - **Updated:** 23 May 2026 - **Also known as:** AZL-58356, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49636, GHSA-46vm-5748-8g36, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49636 ## What is CVE-2022-49636? CVE-2022-49636 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. 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: vlan: fix memory leak in vlan_newlink() Blamed commit added back a bug I fixed in commit 9bbd917e0bec ("vlan: fix memory leak in vlan_dev_set_egress_priority") If a memory allocation fails in vlan_changelink() after other allocations succeeded, we need to call vlan_dev_free_egress_priority() to free all allocated memory because after a failed ->newlink() we do not call any methods like ndo_uninit() or dev->priv_destructor(). In following example, if the allocation for last element 2000:2001 fails, we need to free eight prior allocations: ip link add link dummy0 dummy0.100 type vlan id 100 \ egress-qos-map 1:2 2:3 3:4 4:5 5:6 6:7 7:8 8:9 2000:2001 syzbot report was: BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff888117bd1060 (size 32): comm "syz-executor408", pid 3759, jiffies 4294956555 (age 34.090s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 09 00 00 00 00 a0 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: [] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:600 [inline] [] vlan_dev_set_egress_priority+0xed/0x170 net/8021q/vlan_dev.c:193 [] vlan_changelink+0x178/0x1d0 net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c:128 [] vlan_newlink+0x148/0x260 net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c:185 [] rtnl_newlink_create net/core/rtnetlink.c:3363 [inline] [] __rtnl_newlink+0xa58/0xdc0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3580 [] rtnl_newlink+0x49/0x70 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3593 [] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x21c/0x5c0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6089 [] netlink_rcv_skb+0x87/0x1d0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2501 [] netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 [inline] [] netlink_unicast+0x397/0x4c0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1345 [] netlink_sendmsg+0x396/0x710 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1921 [] sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline] [] sock_sendmsg+0x56/0x80 net/socket.c:734 [] ____sys_sendmsg+0x36c/0x390 net/socket.c:2488 [] ___sys_sendmsg+0x8b/0xd0 net/socket.c:2542 [] __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2571 [inline] [] __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2580 [inline] [] __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2578 [inline] [] __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x78/0xf0 net/socket.c:2578 [] 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+0x46/0xb0 Weakness: CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49636? It affects 1 product. Products: Linux kernel. ## How do I fix CVE-2022-49636? Apply the vendor's patch. ## Is CVE-2022-49636 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49636 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel - [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49636 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2022-49636 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49636 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page. Task: 1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies. 2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it. 3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead. 4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why. 5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing. Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49636/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49636/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49636 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49636 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49636 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49636/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.