CVE-2022-48740: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: selinux: fix double free of cond_list on error paths On error path from cond_read_list() and duplicate_policydb_cond_list() the cond_list_destroy() gets called a second time in caller functions, resulting in NULL pointer deref. Fix this by resetting the cond_list_len to 0 in cond_list_destroy(), making subsequent calls a noop. Also consistently reset the cond_list pointer to NULL after freeing. [PM: fix line lengths in the description]

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.7, before 5.10.99 (fixed in 5.10.99); from 5.11, before 5.15.22 (fixed in 5.15.22); from 5.16, before 5.16.8 (fixed in 5.16.8); version 5.17 only

Published 2024-06-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.