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Vulnerability · Published Mar 27, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-49757EDAC/highbank: Fix memory leak in highbank_mc_probe()

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity memory leak in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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. ]

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49757
Debian:13linux6.1.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49757
Debian:14linux6.1.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-70.77UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1034.38UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1036.43UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1036.43.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1032.40UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1031.36UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1018.23UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1028.31UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1028.33UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1031.36UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-70.77UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1023.23UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1033.39UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1027.29UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49757

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux a1b01edb274518c7da6d69b84e7558c092282aad – before f1b3e23ed8df87d779ee86ac37f379e79a24169aa1b01edb274518c7da6d69b84e7558c092282aad – before 0db40e23b56d217eebd385bebb64057ef764b2c7a1b01edb274518c7da6d69b84e7558c092282aad – before 8d23f5d25264beb223ee79cdb530b88c237719fca1b01edb274518c7da6d69b84e7558c092282aad – before 329fbd260352a7b9a83781d8b8bd96f95844a51fa1b01edb274518c7da6d69b84e7558c092282aad – before caffa7fed1397d1395052272c93900176de86557a1b01edb274518c7da6d69b84e7558c092282aad – before b7863ef8a8f0fee96b4eb41211f4918c0e047253a1b01edb274518c7da6d69b84e7558c092282aad – before e7a293658c20a7945014570e1921bf7d25d68a36
Linux Linux 3.6

Weakness: CWE-401 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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