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

KVM: x86: Free kvm_cpuid_entry2 array on post-KVM_RUN KVM_SET_CPUID{,2}

Free the "struct kvm_cpuid_entry2" array on successful post-KVM_RUN
KVM_SET_CPUID{,2} to fix a memory leak, the callers of kvm_set_cpuid()
free the array only on failure.

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff88810963a800 (size 2048):
comm "syz-executor025", pid 3610, jiffies 4294944928 (age 8.080s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0d 00 00 00 ................
47 65 6e 75 6e 74 65 6c 69 6e 65 49 00 00 00 00 GenuntelineI....
backtrace:
[<ffffffff814948ee>] kmalloc_node include/linux/slab.h:604 [inline]
[<ffffffff814948ee>] kvmalloc_node+0x3e/0x100 mm/util.c:580
[<ffffffff814950f2>] kvmalloc include/linux/slab.h:732 [inline]
[<ffffffff814950f2>] vmemdup_user+0x22/0x100 mm/util.c:199
[<ffffffff8109f5ff>] kvm_vcpu_ioctl_set_cpuid2+0x8f/0xf0 arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c:423
[<ffffffff810711b9>] kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl+0xb99/0x1e60 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:5251
[<ffffffff8103e92d>] kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x4ad/0x950 arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4066
[<ffffffff815afacc>] vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
[<ffffffff815afacc>] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline]
[<ffffffff815afacc>] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:860 [inline]
[<ffffffff815afacc>] __x64_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x140 fs/ioctl.c:860
[<ffffffff844a3335>] do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
[<ffffffff844a3335>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
[<ffffffff84600068>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

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Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-401
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T08:22:35.952Z

Reserved: 2024-06-20T11:09:39.060Z

Link: CVE-2022-48764

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T15:25:01.597Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-06-20T12:15:14.450

Modified: 2025-03-24T18:16:46.910

Link: CVE-2022-48764

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-06-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-48764 - Bugzilla

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