SB20250226169 - Memory leak in Linux kernel irqchip driver
Published: February 26, 2025 Updated: May 11, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB20250226169
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-2022-49719)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the realview_gic_of_init() function in drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-realview.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/16b603cb8d34c2d917983918db1f88c8b831baaa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/486f68f85085d9b16ae097679b1486dcb1b6eb69
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56526c3883fc7a1f5898b1d40a02c8b8685a5d92
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d38720661a4b9c87705c206a6081177ffb8ec1d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87da903ce632d5689bef66d56ee5dae700d82104
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b634af84bc1edece4e63317b0ad95618dd3a8693
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e52a58b79f11755ea7e877015c4a1704303fa55f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4b98e314888cc51486421bcf6d52852452ea48b
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.285
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.249
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.320
- 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