CVE-2022-49757

MEDIUM EPSS 8.7%
Published Mar 27, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Mar 27, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: EDAC/highbank: Fix memory leak in highbank_mc_probe() When devres_open_group() fails, it returns -ENOMEM without freeing memory allocated by edac_mc_alloc(). Call edac_mc_free() on the error handling path to avoid a memory leak. [ bp: Massage commit message. ]

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
8.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 9

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥3.6  –  <4.14.305
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.15  –  <4.19.272
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.20  –  <5.4.231
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.5  –  <5.10.166
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.91
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.9
linuxlinux_kernel6.2any
linuxlinux_kernel6.2any
linuxlinux_kernel6.2any

References 7

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0db40e23b56d217eebd385bebb64057ef764b2c7
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/329fbd260352a7b9a83781d8b8bd96f95844a51f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d23f5d25264beb223ee79cdb530b88c237719fc
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7863ef8a8f0fee96b4eb41211f4918c0e047253
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caffa7fed1397d1395052272c93900176de86557
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7a293658c20a7945014570e1921bf7d25d68a36
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1b3e23ed8df87d779ee86ac37f379e79a24169a
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0db40e23b56d217eebd385bebb64057ef764b2c7
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/329fbd260352a7b9a83781d8b8bd96f95844a51f
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d23f5d25264beb223ee79cdb530b88c237719fc
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7863ef8a8f0fee96b4eb41211f4918c0e047253
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caffa7fed1397d1395052272c93900176de86557
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7a293658c20a7945014570e1921bf7d25d68a36
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1b3e23ed8df87d779ee86ac37f379e79a24169a
    Patch