Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-49715

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU104349

Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-49715

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU104349
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4 BT: 4.3 [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-2022-49715
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 gic_populate_ppi_partitions() function in drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
openSUSE Leap
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_261-default
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_158-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_158-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_38-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_100-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_100-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_25-debugsource
kernel-default-base
kernel-source
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default
kernel-macros
kernel-devel
kernel-default-man
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default
kernel-syms
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-rt
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-source-rt
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-xilinx
dtb-exynos
dtb-qcom
dtb-broadcom
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-nvidia
dtb-renesas
kernel-64kb-debugsource
dtb-mediatek
dtb-arm
dlm-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-64kb
dtb-marvell
dtb-sprd
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
dtb-altera
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
dtb-amd
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
dtb-socionext
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
dtb-allwinner
dtb-freescale
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-hisilicon
dtb-amlogic
dtb-amazon
kernel-64kb
kernel-docs-html
kernel-obs-build
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
kernel-default-optional
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-docs
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-optional
gfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
dtb-rockchip
dtb-apple
dtb-apm
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-extra
dtb-lg
dtb-aarch64
kernel-kvmsmall
dtb-cavium
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-livepatch
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-obs-qa
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base-rebuild
kernel-rt_debug-devel
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kernel-syms-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso

How to mitigate CVE-2022-49715

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 4.19.249, 5.4.200, 5.10.124, 5.15.49, 5.18.6, 5.19
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_261-default - update to 1-8.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_158-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150400.9.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_158-default - update to 1-150400.9.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_38-debugsource - update to 1-150400.9.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_100-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_100-default - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_25-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-default-base - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-base-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.261.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-macros - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-man - update to 4.12.14-122.261.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-kgraft - update to 4.12.14-122.261.1
kernel-default-kgraft-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.261.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
gfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dlm-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.261.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-source-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-xilinx - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-exynos - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-qcom - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-broadcom - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-nvidia - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-renesas - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-mediatek - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-arm - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dlm-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-marvell - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-sprd - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-altera - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-amd - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-socionext - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-allwinner - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-freescale - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-hisilicon - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-amlogic - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-amazon - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-docs-html - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-obs-build - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-optional - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-debug-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-debug-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-debug-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-debug - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-source-vanilla - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-docs - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-zfcpdump - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-optional - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-rockchip - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-apple - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-apm - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-64kb-extra - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-lg - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-aarch64 - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-kvmsmall - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
dtb-cavium - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-extra - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-livepatch - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kselftests-kmp-default - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-obs-qa - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-base-rebuild - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt_debug - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1
kernel-default-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1

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