In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tick/nohz: unexport __init-annotated tick_nohz_full_setup()
EXPORT_SYMBOL and __init is a bad combination because the .init.text
section is freed up after the initialization. Hence, modules cannot
use symbols annotated __init. The access to a freed symbol may end up
with kernel panic.
modpost used to detect it, but it had been broken for a decade.
Commit 28438794aba4 ("modpost: fix section mismatch check for exported
init/exit sections") fixed it so modpost started to warn it again, then
this showed up:
MODPOST vmlinux.symvers
WARNING: modpost: vmlinux.o(___ksymtab_gpl+tick_nohz_full_setup+0x0): Section mismatch in reference from the variable __ksymtab_tick_nohz_full_setup to the function .init.text:tick_nohz_full_setup()
The symbol tick_nohz_full_setup is exported and annotated __init
Fix this by removing the __init annotation of tick_nohz_full_setup or drop the export.
Drop the export because tick_nohz_full_setup() is only called from the
built-in code in kernel/sched/isolation.c.
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Configurations
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History
24 Oct 2025, 15:51
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| First Time |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CWE | CWE-908 | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2390095113e98fc52fffe35c5206d30d9efe3f78 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4ff3ffe0138234774602152fe67e3a898c615c6 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea32b27e2f8c58c92bff5ecba7fcf64b97707089 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4a80ec8c51d68be4b7a7830c510f75080c5e417 - Patch | |
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| Summary |
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26 Feb 2025, 07:01
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-02-26 07:01
Updated : 2025-10-24 15:51
NVD link : CVE-2022-49675
Mitre link : CVE-2022-49675
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-49675
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-908
Use of Uninitialized Resource
