{"cve":"CVE-2022-49959","nvd":{"published":"2025-06-18T11:15:23.127","modified":"2026-06-17T05:19:37.580","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nopenvswitch: fix memory leak at failed datapath creation\n\novs_dp_cmd_new()->ovs_dp_change()->ovs_dp_set_upcall_portids()\nallocates array via kmalloc.\nIf for some reason new_vport() fails during ovs_dp_cmd_new()\ndp->upcall_portids must be freed.\nAdd missing kfree.\n\nKmemleak example:\nunreferenced object 0xffff88800c382500 (size 64):\n  comm \"dump_state\", pid 323, jiffies 4294955418 (age 104.347s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    5e c2 79 e4 1f 7a 38 c7 09 21 38 0c 80 88 ff ff  ^.y..z8..!8.....\n    03 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 14 00 00 00 28 00 00 00  ............(...\n  backtrace:\n    [<0000000071bebc9f>] ovs_dp_set_upcall_portids+0x38/0xa0\n    [<000000000187d8bd>] ovs_dp_change+0x63/0xe0\n    [<000000002397e446>] ovs_dp_cmd_new+0x1f0/0x380\n    [<00000000aa06f36e>] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xea/0x150\n    [<000000008f583bc4>] genl_rcv_msg+0xdc/0x1e0\n    [<00000000fa10e377>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x50/0x100\n    [<000000004959cece>] genl_rcv+0x24/0x40\n    [<000000004699ac7f>] netlink_unicast+0x23e/0x360\n    [<00000000c153573e>] netlink_sendmsg+0x24e/0x4b0\n    [<000000006f4aa380>] sock_sendmsg+0x62/0x70\n    [<00000000d0068654>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x230/0x270\n    [<0000000012dacf7d>] ___sys_sendmsg+0x88/0xd0\n    [<0000000011776020>] __sys_sendmsg+0x59/0xa0\n    [<000000002e8f2dc1>] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90\n    [<000000003243e7cb>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd","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/a87406f4adee9c53b311d8a1ba2849c69e29a6d0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0c1c0241917459644326a1a3102207c871ae159","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca54b2bfaab385778e55a9fd33f6c31e7f743b48"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:03:23.287444849+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49959","score":0.00193,"percentile":0.08969,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}