CVE-2022-49334

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/huge_memory: Fix xarray node memory leak

If xas_split_alloc() fails to allocate the necessary nodes to complete the xarray entry split, it sets the xa_state to -ENOMEM, which xas_nomem() then interprets as "Please allocate more memory", not as "Please free any unnecessary memory" (which was the intended outcome). It's confusing to use xas_nomem() to free memory in this context, so call xas_destroy() instead.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux6b24ca4a1a8d4ee3221d6d44ddbb99f542e4bda3 < c0c84962e297927ba57fd6ddc2bb000c9d149655affected
LinuxLinux6b24ca4a1a8d4ee3221d6d44ddbb99f542e4bda3 < 95c8181b4947e000f3b9b8e5918d899fce77b93daffected
LinuxLinux6b24ca4a1a8d4ee3221d6d44ddbb99f542e4bda3 < 69a37a8ba1b408a1c7616494aa7018e4b3844cbeaffected
LinuxLinux5.17affected
LinuxLinux0 < 5.17unaffected
LinuxLinux5.17.15 <= 5.17.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.18.4 <= 5.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.19 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References