CVE-2022-49549
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 5.8-5.10.120, 5.11-5.15.45, 5.16-5.17.13, 5.18-5.18.2 - Use-After-Free in MCE Threshold Bank Creation
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/MCE/AMD: Fix memory leak when threshold_create_bank() fails In mce_threshold_create_device(), if threshold_create_bank() fails, the previously allocated threshold banks array @bp will be leaked because the call to mce_threshold_remove_device() will not free it. This happens because mce_threshold_remove_device() fetches the pointer through the threshold_banks per-CPU variable but bp is written there only after the bank creation is successful, and not before, when threshold_create_bank() fails. Add a helper which unwinds all the bank creation work previously done and pass into it the previously allocated threshold banks array for freeing. [ bp: Massage. ]
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0025
EPSS Percentile
15.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-401
Status
published
Products (17)
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.46linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 5.17.14linux
linux/Kernel
5.18.0 - 5.18.3linux
linux/Kernel
5.8.0 - 5.10.121linux
Linux/Linux
< 5.8
Linux/Linux
5.10.121 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux
5.15.46 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux
5.17.14 - 5.17.*
Linux/Linux
5.18.3 - 5.18.*
Linux/Linux
5.19
... and 7 more
Published
Feb 26, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026