NFS: Avoid writeback threads getting stuck in mempool_alloc() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2022-49097
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.25 % · percentile 17 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Avoid writeback threads getting stuck in mempool_alloc() In a low memory situation, allow the NFS writeback code to fail without getting stuck in infinite loops in mempool_alloc().

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 2b17d725f9be59a1bfa0583af690c463fca1f385 < c74e2f6ecc51bd08bb5b0335477dba954a50592e ; affected 2b17d725f9be59a1bfa0583af690c463fca1f385 < ea029e4ce760f786919d06ef52efa2e50ea92a5f ; affected 2b17d725f9be59a1bfa0583af690c463fca1f385 < 1b3fa9a3c420c31e77b406ddc28f3a627100516c ; affected 2b17d725f9be59a1bfa0583af690c463fca1f385 < a6caeddd68977a1aaaf62fbd1955b41dd5c3c5d3 ; affected 2b17d725f9be59a1bfa0583af690c463fca1f385 < 0bae835b63c53f86cdc524f5962e39409585b22c
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.3 ; unaffected 0 < 5.3 ; unaffected 5.10.111 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.34 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 5.16.20 ≤ 5.16.* ; unaffected 5.17.3 ≤ 5.17.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD