#VU104309 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-49549
Published: February 26, 2025 / Updated: May 11, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU104309
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-49549
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the kfree(), mce_threshold_remove_device() and mce_threshold_create_device() functions in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/396b8e7ab2a99ddac57d3522b3da5e58cb608d37
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9708f1956eeb70c86943e0bc62fa3b0101b59616
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4acb8e7f1594607bc9017ef0aacb40b24a003d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc0dd4456f9573bf8af9b4d8754433918e809e1e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5f28623ceb103e13fc3d7bd45edf9818b227fd0
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.121
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.46
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17.14
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.18.3
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19