7.8
CWE
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Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2022-49029: hwmon: (ibmpex) Fix possible UAF when ibmpex_register_bmc() fails

First published: Mon Oct 21 2024(Updated: )

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (ibmpex) Fix possible UAF when ibmpex_register_bmc() fails Smatch report warning as follows: drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c:509 ibmpex_register_bmc() warn: '&data->list' not removed from list If ibmpex_find_sensors() fails in ibmpex_register_bmc(), data will be freed, but data->list will not be removed from driver_data.bmc_data, then list traversal may cause UAF. Fix by removeing it from driver_data.bmc_data before free().

Credit: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Linux Linux kernel>=2.6.24<4.9.335
Linux Linux kernel>=4.10<4.14.301
Linux Linux kernel>=4.15<4.19.268
Linux Linux kernel>=4.20<5.4.226
Linux Linux kernel>=5.5<5.10.158
Linux Linux kernel>=5.11<5.15.82
Linux Linux kernel>=5.16<6.0.12
Linux Linux kernel=6.1-rc1
Linux Linux kernel=6.1-rc2
Linux Linux kernel=6.1-rc3
Linux Linux kernel=6.1-rc4
Linux Linux kernel=6.1-rc5
Linux Linux kernel=6.1-rc6
Linux Linux kernel=6.1-rc7

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