SB20250226166 - Memory leak in Linux kernel irqchip driver
Published: February 26, 2025 Updated: May 11, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB20250226166
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-2022-49715)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the gic_populate_ppi_partitions() function in drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.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/506a88a5bf261d76a5214c0338a320f2214c67ac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d884c08eeb83142a7173cb46bcff0434ec42cf1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c136c2924a59a399aa789858cfb320d481964fb7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc5984cf270b69d03f9f4b27063e535036c659e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e824482e2c5edacc961b7dd30a92fd47606c3036
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa1ad9d4cc47ca2470cd904ad4519f05d7e43a2b
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.249
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.124
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.49
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.18.6
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.200