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CVE-2022-49757 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: EDAC/highbank: Fix memory leak in highbank_mc_probe() When devres_open_group() fails, it returns -ENOMEM without freeing memory allocated by edac_mc_alloc(). Call edac_mc_free() on the error handling path to avoid a memory leak. [ bp: Massage commit message. ]


Metrics

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  5.5 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0db40e23b56d217eebd385bebb64057ef764b2c7 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/329fbd260352a7b9a83781d8b8bd96f95844a51f Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d23f5d25264beb223ee79cdb530b88c237719fc Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7863ef8a8f0fee96b4eb41211f4918c0e047253 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caffa7fed1397d1395052272c93900176de86557 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7a293658c20a7945014570e1921bf7d25d68a36 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1b3e23ed8df87d779ee86ac37f379e79a24169a Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
3.6
Up to (excluding)
4.14.305
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
4.15
Up to (excluding)
4.19.272
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
4.20
Up to (excluding)
5.4.231
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
5.5
Up to (excluding)
5.10.166
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
5.11
Up to (excluding)
5.15.91
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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From (including)
5.16
Up to (excluding)
6.1.9
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-49757
NVD Published Date:
03/27/2025
NVD Last Modified:
04/15/2025
Source:
kernel.org