CVE-2022-50055

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 3.14-5.19.4 - Memory Leak in iavf Admin Queue Error Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iavf: Fix adminq error handling iavf_alloc_asq_bufs/iavf_alloc_arq_bufs allocates with dma_alloc_coherent memory for VF mailbox. Free DMA regions for both ASQ and ARQ in case error happens during configuration of ASQ/ARQ registers. Without this change it is possible to see when unloading interface: 74626.583369: dma_debug_device_change: device driver has pending DMA allocations while released from device [count=32] One of leaked entries details: [device address=0x0000000b27ff9000] [size=4096 bytes] [mapped with DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL] [mapped as coherent]

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (18)
linux/Kernel 3.14.0 - 5.4.211linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.63linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.19.4linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.138linux
Linux/Linux < 3.14
Linux/Linux 3.14
Linux/Linux 5.10.138 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.63 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.19.4 - 5.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.4.211 - 5.4.*
... and 8 more
Published Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026