CVE-2022-49949
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 5.19.8 - Memory Leak
Title source: ruleDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware_loader: Fix memory leak in firmware upload In the case of firmware-upload, an instance of struct fw_upload is allocated in firmware_upload_register(). This data needs to be freed in fw_dev_release(). Create a new fw_upload_free() function in sysfs_upload.c to handle the firmware-upload specific memory frees and incorporate the missing kfree call for the fw_upload structure.
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
6.4%
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 (5)
linux/linux_kernel
< 5.19.8
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/Kernel
< 5.19.8linux
Timeline
Published
Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026