medium5.5
CVE-2022-49190
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kernel/resource: fix kfree() of bootmem memory again Since commit ebff7d8f270d ("mem hotunp…
Impact
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kernel/resource: fix kfree() of bootmem memory again Since commit ebff7d8f270d ("mem hotunplug: fix kfree() of bootmem memory"), we could get a resource allocated during boot via alloc_resource(). And it's required to release the resource using free_resource(). Howerver, many people use kfree directly which will result in kernel BUG. In order to fix this without fixing every call site, just leak a couple of bytes in such corner case.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 3.10 before 5.15.33 from 5.16 before 5.16.19 from 5.17 before 5.17.2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cbcc92917c5de80f15c24d033566539ad696892
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3379a60f6bb4afcd9c456e340ac525ae649d3ce7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9e88c2618d228d7a4e7e515cf30dc0d0d813f27
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab86020070999e758ce2e60c4348f20bf7ddba56
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7faa04a44a0c37ac3d222fa8e0bdcbfcee9c0c8
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html