Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-49477
Published: February 26, 2025 / Updated: May 11, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU104294
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-49477
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the aries_audio_probe() function in sound/soc/samsung/aries_wm8994.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-49477
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46d1b310a2d571811c4e08041ce287babb60b86a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70130bde3457d28c02c76b6cacc5d40a72dd6e17
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85d899f396622d3034643bf89615a78f9be7c91a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf4a9b2467b775717d0e9034ad916888e19713a3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cacea459f95be22b3750f3b25b7a1c5897a68206
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.121