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        "cveId": "CVE-2022-49800",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2025-05-01T14:05:17.225Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-05-01T14:09:29.042Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:07:02.159Z"
    },
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            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing: Fix memory leak in test_gen_synth_cmd() and test_empty_synth_event()\n\ntest_gen_synth_cmd() only free buf in fail path, hence buf will leak\nwhen there is no failure. Add kfree(buf) to prevent the memleak. The\nsame reason and solution in test_empty_synth_event().\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff8881127de000 (size 2048):\n  comm \"modprobe\", pid 247, jiffies 4294972316 (age 78.756s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    20 67 65 6e 5f 73 79 6e 74 68 5f 74 65 73 74 20   gen_synth_test\n    20 70 69 64 5f 74 20 6e 65 78 74 5f 70 69 64 5f   pid_t next_pid_\n  backtrace:\n    [<000000004254801a>] kmalloc_trace+0x26/0x100\n    [<0000000039eb1cf5>] 0xffffffffa00083cd\n    [<000000000e8c3bc8>] 0xffffffffa00086ba\n    [<00000000c293d1ea>] do_one_initcall+0xdb/0x480\n    [<00000000aa189e6d>] do_init_module+0x1cf/0x680\n    [<00000000d513222b>] load_module+0x6a50/0x70a0\n    [<000000001fd4d529>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x12f/0x1c0\n    [<00000000b36c4c0f>] do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90\n    [<00000000bbf20cf3>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\nunreferenced object 0xffff8881127df000 (size 2048):\n  comm \"modprobe\", pid 247, jiffies 4294972324 (age 78.728s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    20 65 6d 70 74 79 5f 73 79 6e 74 68 5f 74 65 73   empty_synth_tes\n    74 20 20 70 69 64 5f 74 20 6e 65 78 74 5f 70 69  t  pid_t next_pi\n  backtrace:\n    [<000000004254801a>] kmalloc_trace+0x26/0x100\n    [<00000000d4db9a3d>] 0xffffffffa0008071\n    [<00000000c31354a5>] 0xffffffffa00086ce\n    [<00000000c293d1ea>] do_one_initcall+0xdb/0x480\n    [<00000000aa189e6d>] do_init_module+0x1cf/0x680\n    [<00000000d513222b>] load_module+0x6a50/0x70a0\n    [<000000001fd4d529>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x12f/0x1c0\n    [<00000000b36c4c0f>] do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90\n    [<00000000bbf20cf3>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd"
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                    "programFiles": [
                        "kernel/trace/synth_event_gen_test.c"
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                            "status": "affected",
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                            "status": "affected"
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                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65ba7e7c241122ef0a9e61d1920f2ae9689aa796"
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07ba4f0603aba288580866394f2916dfe55823a2"
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4527fef9afe5c903c718d0cd24609fe9c754250"
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