CVE-2022-49549
Published: Feb 26, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/MCE/AMD: Fix memory leak when threshold_create_bank() fails In mce_threshold_create_device(), if threshold_create_bank() fails, the previously allocated threshold banks array @bp will be leaked because the call to mce_threshold_remove_device() will not free it. This happens because mce_threshold_remove_device() fetches the pointer through the threshold_banks per-CPU variable but bp is written there only after the bank creation is successful, and not before, when threshold_create_bank() fails. Add a helper which unwinds all the bank creation work previously done and pass into it the previously allocated threshold banks array for freeing. [ bp: Massage. ]
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 6458de97fc15530b54477c4e2b70af653e8ac3d9 - < b4acb8e7f1594607bc9017ef0aacb40b24a003d6affected 6458de97fc15530b54477c4e2b70af653e8ac3d9 - < cc0dd4456f9573bf8af9b4d8754433918e809e1eaffected 6458de97fc15530b54477c4e2b70af653e8ac3d9 - < 9708f1956eeb70c86943e0bc62fa3b0101b59616affected 6458de97fc15530b54477c4e2b70af653e8ac3d9 - < 396b8e7ab2a99ddac57d3522b3da5e58cb608d37affected 6458de97fc15530b54477c4e2b70af653e8ac3d9 - < e5f28623ceb103e13fc3d7bd45edf9818b227fd0 |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.8unaffected 0 - < 5.8unaffected 5.10.121 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.46 - <= 5.15.*unaffected 5.17.14 - <= 5.17.*+2 more versions |
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