Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-49004

 

Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-49004

Published: October 22, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU99137
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-2022-49004
CWE-ID: CWE-399
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 resource management error within the arch/riscv/include/asm/pgalloc.h, arch/riscv/include/asm/efi.h. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
openEuler
kernel-debuginfo
kernel
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools
kernel-source
kernel-headers
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-tools-debuginfo
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo

How to mitigate CVE-2022-49004

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 5.15.82, 6.0.12, 6.1
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.100.0.181, 5.10.0-235.0.0.134, 5.10.0-235.0.0.137
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.100.0.181, 5.10.0-235.0.0.134, 5.10.0-235.0.0.137
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.100.0.181, 5.10.0-235.0.0.134, 5.10.0-235.0.0.137
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.100.0.181, 5.10.0-235.0.0.134, 5.10.0-235.0.0.137
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.100.0.181, 5.10.0-235.0.0.134, 5.10.0-235.0.0.137
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.100.0.181, 5.10.0-235.0.0.134, 5.10.0-235.0.0.137
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.100.0.181, 5.10.0-235.0.0.134, 5.10.0-235.0.0.137
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.100.0.181, 5.10.0-235.0.0.134, 5.10.0-235.0.0.137
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.100.0.181, 5.10.0-235.0.0.134, 5.10.0-235.0.0.137
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.100.0.181, 5.10.0-235.0.0.134, 5.10.0-235.0.0.137
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.100.0.181, 5.10.0-235.0.0.134, 5.10.0-235.0.0.137
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.100.0.181, 5.10.0-235.0.0.134, 5.10.0-235.0.0.137
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.100.0.181, 5.10.0-235.0.0.134, 5.10.0-235.0.0.137
bpftool - update to 5.10.0-235.0.0.134
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-235.0.0.134

External References

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