Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-49439

 

Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-49439

Published: February 26, 2025 / Updated: May 11, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU104281
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:U/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-49439
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the fsl_rio_setup() function in arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_rio.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
openEuler
kernel
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-devel
kernel-source
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python2-perf
python2-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo

How to mitigate CVE-2022-49439

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 4.14.283, 4.19.247, 5.4.198, 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3, 5.19
kernel - update to 4.19.90-2503.3.0.0319
bpftool - update to 4.19.90-2503.3.0.0319
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2503.3.0.0319
kernel-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2503.3.0.0319
kernel-debugsource - update to 4.19.90-2503.3.0.0319
kernel-devel - update to 4.19.90-2503.3.0.0319
kernel-source - update to 4.19.90-2503.3.0.0319
kernel-tools - update to 4.19.90-2503.3.0.0319
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2503.3.0.0319
kernel-tools-devel - update to 4.19.90-2503.3.0.0319
perf - update to 4.19.90-2503.3.0.0319
perf-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2503.3.0.0319
python2-perf - update to 4.19.90-2503.3.0.0319
python2-perf-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2503.3.0.0319
python3-perf - update to 4.19.90-2503.3.0.0319
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2503.3.0.0319

External References

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