CVE-2022-48659

mm/slub: fix to return errno if kmalloc() fails

Published Apr 28, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/slub: fix to return errno if kmalloc() fails

In create_unique_id(), kmalloc(, GFP_KERNEL) can fail due to
out-of-memory, if it fails, return errno correctly rather than
triggering panic via BUG_ON();

kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:5893!
Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP

Call trace:
sysfs_slab_add+0x258/0x260 mm/slub.c:5973
__kmem_cache_create+0x60/0x118 mm/slub.c:4899
create_cache mm/slab_common.c:229 [inline]
kmem_cache_create_usercopy+0x19c/0x31c mm/slab_common.c:335
kmem_cache_create+0x1c/0x28 mm/slab_common.c:390
f2fs_kmem_cache_create fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2766 [inline]
f2fs_init_xattr_caches+0x78/0xb4 fs/f2fs/xattr.c:808
f2fs_fill_super+0x1050/0x1e0c fs/f2fs/super.c:4149
mount_bdev+0x1b8/0x210 fs/super.c:1400
f2fs_mount+0x44/0x58 fs/f2fs/super.c:4512
legacy_get_tree+0x30/0x74 fs/fs_context.c:610
vfs_get_tree+0x40/0x140 fs/super.c:1530
do_new_mount+0x1dc/0x4e4 fs/namespace.c:3040
path_mount+0x358/0x914 fs/namespace.c:3370
do_mount fs/namespace.c:3383 [inline]
__do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3591 [inline]
__se_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3568 [inline]
__arm64_sys_mount+0x2f8/0x408 fs/namespace.c:3568

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Tus
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat rhel Aus
Redhat rhel E4s
Redhat rhel Tus
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
May 11, 2026, 6:44 PM
Reserved
Feb 25, 2024, 1:44 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 28, 2024, 1:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:15 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Apr 28, 2024, 12:00 AM