CVE-2022-49257

CVE-2022-49257 · watch_queue: Fix NULL dereference in error cleanup

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watch_queue: Fix NULL dereference in error cleanup In watch_queue_set_size(), the error cleanup code doesn't take account of the fact that __free_page() can't handle a NULL pointer when trying to free up buffer pages that did get allocated. Fix this by only calling __free_page() on the pages actually allocated. Without the fix, this can lead to something like the following: BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in __free_pages+0x1f/0x1b0 mm/page_alloc.c:5473 Read of size 4 at addr 0000000000000034 by task syz-executor168/3599 ... Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 lib/dump_stack.c:106 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:446 [inline] kasan_report.cold+0x66/0xdf mm/kasan/report.c:459 check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:183 [inline] kasan_check_range+0x13d/0x180 mm/kasan/generic.c:189 instrument_atomic_read include/linux/instrumented.h:71 [inline] atomic_read include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:27 [inline] page_ref_count include/linux/page_ref.h:67 [inline] put_page_testzero include/linux/mm.h:717 [inline] __free_pages+0x1f/0x1b0 mm/page_alloc.c:5473 watch_queue_set_size+0x499/0x630 kernel/watch_queue.c:275 pipe_ioctl+0xac/0x2b0 fs/pipe.c:632 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:860 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x200 fs/ioctl.c:860 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+0x44/0xae

CVSS 5.5 · Medium · EPSS 0.3% · Fix available

Published: 2025-02-26T01:56:11.072Z
Updated: 2026-05-11T18:56:12.623Z

Stack: system

Affected products and versions

linux
Versions
- ≥ c73be61cede5882f9605a852414db559c0ebedfd, < 5ae75b4ed30322b42abaa75ef1b784addfdb7dc9: Affected (git)
- ≥ c73be61cede5882f9605a852414db559c0ebedfd, < 695c47cea02b9101e2fc2e7d36d552128592b347: Affected (git)
- ≥ c73be61cede5882f9605a852414db559c0ebedfd, < 112a2f9b0a8457794095a0450598f150724ec456: Affected (git)
- ≥ c73be61cede5882f9605a852414db559c0ebedfd, < b6f5ad3e45d19f9c4ee3e8a2aff829f28d68591d: Affected (git)
- ≥ c73be61cede5882f9605a852414db559c0ebedfd, < a635415a064e77bcfbf43da413fd9dfe0bbed9cb: Affected (git)
No fix published
linux
Versions
- 5.8: Affected
- ≥ 0, < 5.8: Not affected (semver)
- ≥ 5.10.110, ≤ 5.10.*: Not affected (semver)
- ≥ 5.15.33, ≤ 5.15.*: Not affected (semver)
- ≥ 5.16.19, ≤ 5.16.*: Not affected (semver)
- ≥ 5.17.2, ≤ 5.17.*: Not affected (semver)
- ≥ 5.18: Not affected (original_commit_for_fix)
No fix published
linux Debian:12
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 5.17.3-1
Update to 5.17.3-1
linux Debian:13
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 5.17.3-1
Update to 5.17.3-1
linux Debian:14
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 5.17.3-1
Update to 5.17.3-1
linux-hwe-edge Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
Versions
- 4.8.0-28.30~16.04.1
- 4.8.0-30.32~16.04.1
- 4.8.0-32.34~16.04.1
- 4.8.0-34.36~16.04.1
- 4.10.0-14.16~16.04.1
- 4.10.0-19.21~16.04.1
- 4.10.0-20.22~16.04.1
- 4.10.0-21.23~16.04.1
- 4.10.0-22.24~16.04.1
- 4.10.0-24.28~16.04.1
- 4.10.0-26.30~16.04.1
- 4.11.0-13.19~16.04.1
- 4.11.0-14.20~16.04.1
- 4.13.0-16.19~16.04.3
- 4.13.0-17.20~16.04.1
- 4.13.0-19.22~16.04.1
- 4.13.0-21.24~16.04.1
- 4.13.0-25.29~16.04.2
- 4.15.0-13.14~16.04.1
- 4.15.0-15.16~16.04.1
- 4.15.0-20.21~16.04.1
- 4.15.0-22.24~16.04.1
- 4.15.0-23.25~16.04.1
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
linux-aws-5.0 Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
Versions
- 5.0.0-1021.24~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1022.25~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1023.26~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1024.27~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1025.28
- 5.0.0-1027.30
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
linux-aws-5.3 Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
Versions
- 5.3.0-1016.17~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1017.18~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1019.21~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1023.25~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1028.30~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1030.32~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1032.34~18.04.2
- 5.3.0-1033.35
- 5.3.0-1034.36
- 5.3.0-1035.37
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
linux-azure Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
Versions
- 4.15.0-1002.2
- 4.15.0-1003.3
- 4.15.0-1004.4
- 4.15.0-1008.8
- 4.15.0-1009.9
- 4.15.0-1012.12
- 4.15.0-1013.13
- 4.15.0-1014.14
- 4.15.0-1018.18
- 4.15.0-1019.19
- 4.15.0-1021.21
- 4.15.0-1022.23
- 4.15.0-1023.24
- 4.15.0-1025.26
- 4.15.0-1028.29
- 4.15.0-1030.31
- 4.15.0-1031.32
- 4.15.0-1032.33
- 4.15.0-1035.36
- 4.15.0-1036.38
- 4.15.0-1037.39
- 4.18.0-1011.11~18.04.1
- 4.18.0-1013.13~18.04.1
- 4.18.0-1014.14~18.04.1
- 4.18.0-1018.18~18.04.1
- 4.18.0-1019.19~18.04.1
- 4.18.0-1020.20~18.04.1
- 4.18.0-1023.24~18.04.1
- 4.18.0-1024.25~18.04.1
- 4.18.0-1025.27~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1014.14~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1016.17~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1018.19~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1020.21~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1022.23~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1023.24~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1025.27~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1027.29~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1028.30~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1029.31~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1031.33
- 5.0.0-1032.34
- 5.0.0-1035.37
- 5.0.0-1036.38
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
linux-azure-5.3 Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
Versions
- 5.3.0-1007.8~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1008.9~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1009.10~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1010.11~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1012.13~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1013.14~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1016.17~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1018.19~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1019.20~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1020.21~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1022.23~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1028.29~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1031.32~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1032.33~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1034.35~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1035.36
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
linux-azure-edge Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
Versions
- 4.18.0-1006.6~18.04.1
- 4.18.0-1007.7~18.04.1
- 4.18.0-1008.8~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1012.12~18.04.2
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
linux-gcp Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
Versions
- 4.15.0-1001.1
- 4.15.0-1003.3
- 4.15.0-1005.5
- 4.15.0-1006.6
- 4.15.0-1008.8
- 4.15.0-1009.9
- 4.15.0-1010.10
- 4.15.0-1014.14
- 4.15.0-1015.15
- 4.15.0-1017.18
- 4.15.0-1018.19
- 4.15.0-1019.20
- 4.15.0-1021.22
- 4.15.0-1023.24
- 4.15.0-1024.25
- 4.15.0-1025.26
- 4.15.0-1026.27
- 4.15.0-1027.28
- 4.15.0-1028.29
- 4.15.0-1029.31
- 4.15.0-1030.32
- 4.15.0-1032.34
- 4.15.0-1033.35
- 4.15.0-1034.36
- 4.15.0-1036.38
- 4.15.0-1037.39
- 4.15.0-1040.42
- 4.15.0-1042.45
- 4.15.0-1044.70
- 5.0.0-1020.20~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1021.21~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1025.26~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1026.27~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1028.29~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1029.30~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1031.32
- 5.0.0-1033.34
- 5.0.0-1034.35
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
linux-gcp-5.3 Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
Versions
- 5.3.0-1008.9~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1009.10~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1010.11~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1012.13~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1014.15~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1016.17~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1017.18~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1018.19~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1020.22~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1026.28~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1029.31~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1030.32~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1032.34~18.04.1
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
linux-gke-4.15 Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
Versions
- 4.15.0-1030.32
- 4.15.0-1032.34
- 4.15.0-1033.35
- 4.15.0-1034.36
- 4.15.0-1036.38
- 4.15.0-1037.39
- 4.15.0-1040.42
- 4.15.0-1041.43
- 4.15.0-1042.44
- 4.15.0-1044.46
- 4.15.0-1045.48
- 4.15.0-1046.49
- 4.15.0-1048.51
- 4.15.0-1049.52
- 4.15.0-1050.53
- 4.15.0-1052.55
- 4.15.0-1055.58
- 4.15.0-1057.60
- 4.15.0-1058.61
- 4.15.0-1059.62
- 4.15.0-1063.66
- 4.15.0-1064.67
- 4.15.0-1066.69
- 4.15.0-1067.70
- 4.15.0-1069.72
- 4.15.0-1070.73
- 4.15.0-1072.76
- 4.15.0-1073.78
- 4.15.0-1074.79
- 4.15.0-1076.81
- 4.15.0-1077.82
- 4.15.0-1078.83
- 4.15.0-1079.84
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
linux-gke-5.4 Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
Versions
- 5.4.0-1025.25~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1027.28~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1029.31~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1030.32~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1032.34~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1033.35~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1035.37~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1036.38~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1037.39~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1039.41~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1040.42~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1042.44~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1043.45~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1044.46~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1046.48~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1049.52~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1051.54~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1052.55~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1053.56~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1054.57~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1055.58~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1056.59~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1057.60~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1059.62~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1061.64~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1062.65~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1063.66~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1065.68~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1066.69~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1067.70~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1068.71~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1071.76~18.04.3
- 5.4.0-1072.77~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1074.79~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1076.82~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1078.84~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1080.86~18.04.1
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
linux-gkeop-5.4 Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
Versions
- 5.4.0-1001.1
- 5.4.0-1003.3
- 5.4.0-1004.5
- 5.4.0-1005.6
- 5.4.0-1007.8~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1008.9~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1009.10~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1010.11~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1011.12~18.04.2
- 5.4.0-1012.13~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1013.14~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1014.15~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1015.16~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1016.17~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1018.19~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1021.22~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1022.23~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1023.24~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1024.25~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1025.26~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1026.27~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1027.28~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1029.30~18.04.2
- 5.4.0-1031.32~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1032.33~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1033.34~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1034.35~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1036.37~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1037.38~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1038.39~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1039.40~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1040.41~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1043.44~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1046.48~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1048.51~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1049.52~18.04.1
- 5.4.0-1051.54~18.04.1
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
linux-hwe Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
Versions
- 4.18.0-13.14~18.04.1
- 4.18.0-14.15~18.04.1
- 4.18.0-15.16~18.04.1
- 4.18.0-16.17~18.04.1
- 4.18.0-17.18~18.04.1
- 4.18.0-18.19~18.04.1
- 4.18.0-20.21~18.04.1
- 4.18.0-21.22~18.04.1
- 4.18.0-22.23~18.04.1
- 4.18.0-24.25~18.04.1
- 4.18.0-25.26~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-23.24~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-25.26~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-27.28~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-29.31~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-31.33~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-32.34~18.04.2
- 5.0.0-35.38~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-36.39~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-37.40~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-26.28~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-28.30~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-40.32~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-42.34~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-45.37~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-46.38~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-51.44~18.04.2
- 5.3.0-53.47~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-59.53~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-61.55~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-62.56~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-64.58~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-65.59
- 5.3.0-66.60
- 5.3.0-67.61
- 5.3.0-68.63
- 5.3.0-69.65
- 5.3.0-70.66
- 5.3.0-72.68
- 5.3.0-73.69
- 5.3.0-74.70
- 5.3.0-75.71
- 5.3.0-76.72
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
linux-hwe-edge Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
Versions
- 5.0.0-15.16~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-16.17~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-17.18~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-19.20~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-20.21~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-19.20~18.04.2
- 5.3.0-22.24~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-23.25~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-23.25~18.04.2
- 5.3.0-24.26~18.04.2
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
linux-oem Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
Versions
- 4.15.0-1002.3
- 4.15.0-1004.5
- 4.15.0-1006.9
- 4.15.0-1008.11
- 4.15.0-1009.12
- 4.15.0-1012.15
- 4.15.0-1013.16
- 4.15.0-1015.18
- 4.15.0-1017.20
- 4.15.0-1018.21
- 4.15.0-1021.24
- 4.15.0-1024.29
- 4.15.0-1026.31
- 4.15.0-1028.33
- 4.15.0-1030.35
- 4.15.0-1033.38
- 4.15.0-1034.39
- 4.15.0-1035.40
- 4.15.0-1036.41
- 4.15.0-1038.43
- 4.15.0-1039.44
- 4.15.0-1043.48
- 4.15.0-1045.50
- 4.15.0-1050.57
- 4.15.0-1056.65
- 4.15.0-1057.66
- 4.15.0-1059.68
- 4.15.0-1063.72
- 4.15.0-1064.73
- 4.15.0-1065.75
- 4.15.0-1066.76
- 4.15.0-1067.77
- 4.15.0-1069.79
- 4.15.0-1073.83
- 4.15.0-1076.86
- 4.15.0-1079.89
- 4.15.0-1080.90
- 4.15.0-1081.91
- 4.15.0-1087.97
- 4.15.0-1090.100
- 4.15.0-1091.101
- 4.15.0-1093.103
- 4.15.0-1094.104
- 4.15.0-1096.106
- 4.15.0-1097.107
- 4.15.0-1099.109
- 4.15.0-1100.110
- 4.15.0-1101.112
- 4.15.0-1102.113
- 4.15.0-1103.114
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
linux-oracle-5.0 Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
Versions
- 5.0.0-1007.12~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1008.13~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1009.14~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1010.15~18.04.1
- 5.0.0-1011.16
- 5.0.0-1013.18
- 5.0.0-1014.19
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
linux-oracle-5.3 Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
Versions
- 5.3.0-1011.12~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1013.14~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1014.15~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1016.18~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1018.20~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1024.26~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1027.29~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1028.30~18.04.1
- 5.3.0-1030.32~18.04.1
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
linux-azure-5.15 Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
Versions
- 5.15.0-1007.8~20.04.1
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 5.15.0-1008.9~20.04.1
Update to 5.15.0-1008.9~20.04.1
linux-hwe-5.15 Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
Versions
- 5.15.0-33.34~20.04.1
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 5.15.0-41.44~20.04.1
Update to 5.15.0-41.44~20.04.1
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
Versions
- 5.15.0-1003.5~20.04.1
Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1
Update to 5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1

Original sources

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CVE-2022-49257 · watch_queue: Fix NULL dereference in error cleanup

Affected products and versions

linux

linux

linux Debian:12

linux Debian:13

linux Debian:14

linux-hwe-edge Ubuntu:16.04:LTS

linux-aws-5.0 Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

linux-aws-5.3 Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

linux-azure Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

linux-azure-5.3 Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

linux-azure-edge Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

linux-gcp Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

linux-gcp-5.3 Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

linux-gke-4.15 Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

linux-gke-5.4 Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

linux-gkeop-5.4 Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

linux-hwe Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

linux-hwe-edge Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

linux-oem Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

linux-oracle-5.0 Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

linux-oracle-5.3 Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

linux-azure-5.15 Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

linux-hwe-5.15 Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

Original sources