Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-49678
Published: February 26, 2025 / Updated: May 11, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU104335
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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-2022-49678
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 brcmstb_pm_probe() function in drivers/soc/bcm/brcmstb/pm/pm-arm.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-49678
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10ba9d499a9fd82ed40897e734ba19870a879407
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30bbfeb480ae8b5ee43199d72417b232590440c2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37d838de369b07b596c19ff3662bf0293fdb09ee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f5877bdf7b593e988f1924f4c3df6523f80b39c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/734a4d15142bb4c8ecad2d8ec70d7564e78ae34d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcafd5463d8f20c4f90ddc138a5738adb99f74c8
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.18.8