CVE-2022-49817

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.15.80 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mhi: Fix memory leak in mhi_net_dellink() MHI driver registers network device without setting the needs_free_netdev flag, and does NOT call free_netdev() when unregisters network device, which causes a memory leak. This patch calls free_netdev() to fix it since netdev_priv is used after unregister.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 15.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-401
Status published

Affected Products (8)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.15.80
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/Kernel < 5.15.80linux
linux/Kernel < 6.0.10linux

Timeline

Published May 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026