SB20250226607 - Use of uninitialized resource in Linux kernel mm
Published: February 26, 2025 Updated: May 11, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB20250226607
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) Use of uninitialized resource (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-49567)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to use of uninitialized resource within the mpol_rebind_preferred() function in mm/mempolicy.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/018160ad314d75b1409129b2247b614a9f35894c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13d51565cec1aa432a6ab363edc2bbc53c6f49cb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5735845906fb1d90fe597f8b503fc0a857d475e3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/777e563f10e91e91130fe06bee85220d508e7b9b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c5429a04ccd8dbcc3c753dab2f4126774ec28d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1f8765f68bc9bf5744b365bb9f5e0b6db93edfe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaa1c5d635a6fca2043513ffb5be169f9cd17d9e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddb3f0b68863bd1c5f43177eea476bce316d4993
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.134