VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-49190

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.27%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-02-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kernel/resource: fix kfree() of bootmem memory again Since commit ebff7d8f270d ("mem hotunplug: fix kfree() of bootmem memory"), we could get a resource allocated during boot via alloc_resource(). And it's required to release the resource using free_resource(). Howerver, many people use kfree directly which will result in kernel BUG. In order to fix this without fixing every call site, just leak a couple of bytes in such corner case.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-401

Primary references