CVE-2022-49784

MEDIUM EPSS 3.7%
Published May 1, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published May 1, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/x86/amd/uncore: Fix memory leak for events array When a CPU comes online, the per-CPU NB and LLC uncore contexts are freed but not the events array within the context structure. This causes a memory leak as identified by the kmemleak detector. [...] unreferenced object 0xffff8c5944b8e320 (size 32): comm "swapper/0", pid 1, jiffies 4294670387 (age 151.072s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<000000000759fb79>] amd_uncore_cpu_up_prepare+0xaf/0x230 [<00000000ddc9e126>] cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x2cf/0x470 [<0000000093e727d4>] cpuhp_issue_call+0x14d/0x170 [<0000000045464d54>] __cpuhp_setup_state_cpuslocked+0x11e/0x330 [<0000000069f67cbd>] __cpuhp_setup_state+0x6b/0x110 [<0000000015365e0f>] amd_uncore_init+0x260/0x321 [<00000000089152d2>] do_one_initcall+0x3f/0x1f0 [<000000002d0bd18d>] kernel_init_freeable+0x1ca/0x212 [<0000000030be8dde>] kernel_init+0x11/0x120 [<0000000059709e59>] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 unreferenced object 0xffff8c5944b8dd40 (size 64): comm "swapper/0", pid 1, jiffies 4294670387 (age 151.072s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<00000000306efe8b>] amd_uncore_cpu_up_prepare+0x183/0x230 [<00000000ddc9e126>] cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x2cf/0x470 [<0000000093e727d4>] cpuhp_issue_call+0x14d/0x170 [<0000000045464d54>] __cpuhp_setup_state_cpuslocked+0x11e/0x330 [<0000000069f67cbd>] __cpuhp_setup_state+0x6b/0x110 [<0000000015365e0f>] amd_uncore_init+0x260/0x321 [<00000000089152d2>] do_one_initcall+0x3f/0x1f0 [<000000002d0bd18d>] kernel_init_freeable+0x1ca/0x212 [<0000000030be8dde>] kernel_init+0x11/0x120 [<0000000059709e59>] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 [...] Fix the problem by freeing the events array before freeing the uncore context.

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
3.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 6

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.0  –  <6.0.10
linuxlinux_kernel6.1any
linuxlinux_kernel6.1any
linuxlinux_kernel6.1any
linuxlinux_kernel6.1any
linuxlinux_kernel6.1any

References 2

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdfe34597139cfcecd47a2eb97fea44d77157491
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f75be9885d49e3717de962345c4572ddab52b178
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdfe34597139cfcecd47a2eb97fea44d77157491
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f75be9885d49e3717de962345c4572ddab52b178
    Patch