CVE-2022-49190
MEDIUMLinux Kernel - Use-After-Free in Resource Allocation
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kernel/resource: fix kfree() of bootmem memory again Since commit ebff7d8f270d ("mem hotunplug: fix kfree() of bootmem memory"), we could get a resource allocated during boot via alloc_resource(). And it's required to release the resource using free_resource(). Howerver, many people use kfree directly which will result in kernel BUG. In order to fix this without fixing every call site, just leak a couple of bytes in such corner case.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0024
EPSS Percentile
15.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-401
Status
published
Products (17)
linux/Kernel
3.10.0 - 5.10.237linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.33linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 5.16.19linux
linux/Kernel
5.17.0 - 5.17.2linux
Linux/Linux
< 3.10
Linux/Linux
3.10
Linux/Linux
5.10.237 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux
5.15.33 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux
5.16.19 - 5.16.*
Linux/Linux
5.17.2 - 5.17.*
... and 7 more
Published
Feb 26, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026