CVE-2022-49757

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 3.6-6.1.9 - Use-After-Free in EDAC Highbank Memory Controller

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: EDAC/highbank: Fix memory leak in highbank_mc_probe() When devres_open_group() fails, it returns -ENOMEM without freeing memory allocated by edac_mc_alloc(). Call edac_mc_free() on the error handling path to avoid a memory leak. [ bp: Massage commit message. ]

References (7)

Core 7

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 7.3%
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 (24)
linux/Kernel 3.6.0 - 4.14.305linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.272linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.231linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.91linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.9linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.166linux
Linux/Linux < 3.6
Linux/Linux 3.6
Linux/Linux 4.14.305 - 4.14.*
Linux/Linux 4.19.272 - 4.19.*
... and 14 more
Published Mar 27, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026