SB20250226193 - Memory leak in Linux kernel md driver
Published: February 26, 2025 Updated: May 11, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB20250226193
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-2022-49122)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the lookup_ioctl() function in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.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/02cc46f397eb3691c56affbd5073e54f7a82ac32
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0320bac5801b31407200227173205d017488f140
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44e6cb3ab177faae840bb2c1ebda9a2539876184
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58880025e3362024f6d8ea01cb0c7a5df6c84ba6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71c8df33fd777c7628f6fbc09b14e84806c55914
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76c94651005f58885facf9c973007f5ea01ab01f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ae2c5b89da3cfaf856df880af27d3bb32a74b3d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd9c88da171a62c4b0f1c70e50c75845969fbc18
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd86064417de828ff2102ddc6049c829bf7585b4
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17.3