SB20250226143 - Memory leak in Linux kernel arm mach-meson
Published: February 26, 2025 Updated: May 11, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB20250226143
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-2022-49656)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the meson_smp_prepare_cpus() function in arch/arm/mach-meson/platsmp.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/2e1bcd33478ef44e63a45457055060b5fe4118ad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34d2cd3fccced12b958b8848e3eff0ee4296764c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cf8ece9113242c10f83c7675ea4f4f67959ee43
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d90607e7e6afa89768b0aaa915b58bd2b849276
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7208101ded1e9dcc52c8f0f8b16474211c871c1a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5fbf4f74c94fd60d5e9bf9f7f8268c3601562ca
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.18.11