CVE-2022-49191
Status: AnalyzedMedium (5.5)—
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mxser: fix xmit_buf leak in activate when LSR == 0xff
When LSR is 0xff in ->activate() (rather unlike), we return an error. Provided ->shutdown() is not called when ->activate() fails, nothing actually frees the buffer in this case.
Fix this by properly freeing the buffer in a designated label. We jump there also from the "!info->type" if now too.
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Base score: 5.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.28%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 18
- Score date: 10/5/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-401
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/125b7c929fc9b1e5eaa344bceb6367dfa6fd3f9d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cd05c38a27bee7fb42aa4d43174d68ac55dac0f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/376922045009f8ea2d20a8fa3475e95b47c41690
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/685b6d16bf89595310b5d61394c9b97cc9505c7c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c9041b2f90c0eace73106f22350e1d2c98f5edc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dffc2035fbaada60ca8db59e0962e34f760370a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/996291d06851a26678a0fab488b6e1f0677c0576
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b125b08dbee3611f03f53b71471813ed4ccafcdd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd3a4907ee334b40d7aa880c7ab310b154fd5cd4
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