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Linux Linux — net/smc: Fix possible leaked pernet namespace in smc_init()
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0020 9.8 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 194730a9beb52d2b030ea45e12d94868d4a0e6fd – —
Linux 5.14 – 5.15.78
TIMELINE
May 1 Reserved by Linux
May 1 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2022-49905 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/smc: Fix possible leaked pernet namespace in smc_init()
In smc_init(), register_pernet_subsys(&smc_net_stat_ops) is called
without any error handling.
If it fails, registering of &smc_net_ops won't be reverted.
And if smc_nl_init() fails, &smc_net_stat_ops itself won't be reverted.
This leaves wild ops in subsystem linkedlist and when another module
tries to call register_pernet_operations() it triggers page fault:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffbfff81b964c
RIP: 0010:register_pernet_operations+0x1b9/0x5f0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
register_pernet_subsys+0x29/0x40
ebtables_init+0x58/0x1000 [ebtables]
...
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| May 1, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| May 1, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2022-49905 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 194730a9beb52d2b030ea45e12d94868d4a0e6fd | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.14 | 5.15.78 |
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