CVE-2022-49896

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As highlighted by the\ncxl-create-region.sh test [1], a single device may host multiple\nregions, but the driver was only tracking one region at a time. This\nleads to a situation where only the last enabled region per nvdimm\ndevice is cleaned up properly. Other regions are leaked, and this also\ncauses cxl_memdev reference leaks.\n\nFix the tracking by allowing cxl_nvdimm objects to track multiple region\nassociations."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: cxl/pmem: Arregla la fuga de cxl_pmem_region y cxl_memdev Cuando un objeto cxl_nvdimm pasa por un evento ->remove() (dispositivo eliminado f\u00edsicamente, nvdimm-bridge deshabilitado o dispositivo nvdimm deshabilitado), entonces cualquier regi\u00f3n asociada tambi\u00e9n debe deshabilitarse. Como se destaca en la prueba cxl-create-region.sh [1], un solo dispositivo puede albergar m\u00faltiples regiones, pero el controlador solo rastreaba una regi\u00f3n a la vez. Esto lleva a una situaci\u00f3n en la que solo la \u00faltima regi\u00f3n habilitada por dispositivo nvdimm se limpia correctamente. Se filtran otras regiones, y esto tambi\u00e9n causa fugas de referencia de cxl_memdev. Arregla el rastreo permitiendo que los objetos cxl_nvdimm rastreen m\u00faltiples asociaciones de regiones."}], "id": "CVE-2022-49896", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T05:19:27.080", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}, {"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "type": "Secondary"}], "ssvcV203": [{"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "ssvcData": {"id": "CVE-2022-49896", "options": [{"exploitation": "none"}, {"automatable": "no"}, {"technicalImpact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "timestamp": "2025-10-01T16:01:51.295116Z", "version": "2.0.3"}}]}, "published": "2025-05-01T15:16:14.643", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d07ae22e79ebc2d7528bbc69daa53b86981cb3a"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f43b6bfdbab78606735ba81185cf0602b81e40b6"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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