CVE-2022-49855

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.15.79 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: wwan: iosm: fix memory leak in ipc_pcie_read_bios_cfg ipc_pcie_read_bios_cfg() is using the acpi_evaluate_dsm() to obtain the wwan power state configuration from BIOS but is not freeing the acpi_object. The acpi_evaluate_dsm() returned acpi_object to be freed. Free the acpi_object after use.

References (3)

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 (7)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.15.79
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/Kernel < 5.15.79linux
linux/Kernel < 6.0.9linux

Timeline

Published May 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026