{"cve":"CVE-2022-49148","nvd":{"published":"2025-02-26T07:00:51.973","modified":"2026-06-17T05:17:12.957","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwatch_queue: Free the page array when watch_queue is dismantled\n\nCommit 7ea1a0124b6d (\"watch_queue: Free the alloc bitmap when the\nwatch_queue is torn down\") took care of the bitmap, but not the page\narray.\n\n  BUG: memory leak\n  unreferenced object 0xffff88810d9bc140 (size 32):\n  comm \"syz-executor335\", pid 3603, jiffies 4294946994 (age 12.840s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    40 a7 40 04 00 ea ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  @.@.............\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n  backtrace:\n     kmalloc_array include/linux/slab.h:621 [inline]\n     kcalloc include/linux/slab.h:652 [inline]\n     watch_queue_set_size+0x12f/0x2e0 kernel/watch_queue.c:251\n     pipe_ioctl+0x82/0x140 fs/pipe.c:632\n     vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]\n     __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline]\n     __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:860 [inline]\n     __x64_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x140 fs/ioctl.c:860\n     do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/375cd2536494cfbcdda84ae8b3e35bf19d0250b9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3963a5d1ff75585bddf0c3a918566a6be09d7520","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4913daecd04addb41bc96a9175a885e1c19862a8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7169f60110915c8b53bffd43741fa020a75eb87a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b490207017ba237d97b735b2aa66dc241ccd18f5"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:59:48.811064707+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49148","score":0.00261,"percentile":0.17956,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}