CVE-2022-49103 Affecting kernel-64kb package, versions <5.14.21-150400.24.158.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-KERNEL64KB-9528652
  • published27 Mar 2025
  • disclosed26 Mar 2025

Introduced: 26 Mar 2025

NewCVE-2022-49103  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 kernel-64kb to version 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64kb package and not the kernel-64kb package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

NFSv4.2: fix reference count leaks in _nfs42_proc_copy_notify()

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The reference counting issue happens in two error paths in the function _nfs42_proc_copy_notify(). In both error paths, the function simply returns the error code and forgets to balance the refcount of object ctx, bumped by get_nfs_open_context() earlier, which may cause refcount leaks.

Fix it by balancing refcount of the ctx object before the function returns in both error paths.

CVSS Base Scores

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