SB20250226124 - Memory leak in Linux kernel cpu mce
Published: February 26, 2025 Updated: May 11, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB20250226124
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-2022-49549)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the kfree(), mce_threshold_remove_device() and mce_threshold_create_device() functions in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.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/396b8e7ab2a99ddac57d3522b3da5e58cb608d37
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9708f1956eeb70c86943e0bc62fa3b0101b59616
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4acb8e7f1594607bc9017ef0aacb40b24a003d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc0dd4456f9573bf8af9b4d8754433918e809e1e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5f28623ceb103e13fc3d7bd45edf9818b227fd0
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.121
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.46
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17.14
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.18.3
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19