# CVE-2022-48699: sched/debug: fix dentry leak in update\_sched\_domain\_debugfs

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-03 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.13

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched/debug: fix dentry leak in update_sched_domain_debugfs Kuyo reports that the pattern of using debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup()) leaks a dentry and with a hotplug stress test, the machine eventually runs out of memory. Fix this up by using the newly created debugfs_lookup_and_remove() call instead which properly handles the dentry reference counting logic.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26e9a1ded8923510e5529fbb28390b22228700c2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c32a93963e03c03e561d5a066eedad211880ba3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2e406596571659451f4b95e37ddfd5a8ef1d0dc

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