CVE-2022-48740
kernel: selinux: fix double free of cond_list on error paths
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · June 20, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
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]
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-415 · Double Free