Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50184

Vulnerability identifier: #VU111360

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-50184

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the meson_encoder_hdmi_init() function in drivers/gpu/drm/meson/meson_encoder_hdmi.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_28-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default
kernel-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-livepatch

Install update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 5.15.61, 5.18.18, 5.19.2, 6.0
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_28-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/013e67e7dd898170cbf54981cf1ed7616f822566
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/275fed7142fff5b27e176e53508196715043de5c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/994bc82df85564d948037f1dfdd47c907e8a084b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d82a5a4aae9d0203234737caed1bf470aa317568
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.61
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.18.18
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19.2
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0

• Memory leak in Linux kernel drm meson driver
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel