High 7.8Published May 1, 2025

CVE-2022-49905net/smc: Fix possible leaked pernet namespace in smc_init()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 7:00 AM ET)

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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] ...

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 15, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	194730a9beb52d2b030ea45e12d94868d4a0e6fd builds before 61defd6450a9ef4a1487090449999b0fd83518ef; from 194730a9beb52d2b030ea45e12d94868d4a0e6fd before c97daf836f7caf81d3144b8cd2b2a51f9bc3bd09; 194730a9beb52d2b030ea45e12d94868d4a0e6fd builds before 62ff373da2534534c55debe6c724c7fe14adb97f	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 5.14 before 5.15.78; from 5.16 before 6.0.8; 6.1; 6.1; 6.1	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61defd6450a9ef4a1487090449999b0fd83518ef	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c97daf836f7caf81d3144b8cd2b2a51f9bc3bd09	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62ff373da2534534c55debe6c724c7fe14adb97f	patch

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