SB20240620158 - Memory leak in Linux kernel mm
Published: June 20, 2024 Updated: May 13, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB20240620158
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48731)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the kmemleak_scan() function in mm/kmemleak.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3533ee20e9a0e2e8f60384da7450d43d1c63d1a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/352715593e81b917ce1b321e794549815b850134
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5389c80992f0001ee505838fe6a8b20897ce96e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cebb0aceb21ad91429617a40e3a17444fabf1529
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c10a0f877fe007021d70f9cada240f42adc2b5db
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.99
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.22
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.8
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.178