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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.120/5.15.45/5.17.13/5.18.2. The affected element is the function rga_probe. Such manipulation of the argument rga->m2m_dev leads to memory leak. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-49502. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.120/5.15.45/5.17.13/5.18.2. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function rga_probe. The manipulation of the argument rga->m2m_dev with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: rga: fix possible memory leak in rga_probe rga->m2m_dev needs to be freed when rga_probe fails.

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-49502 since 02/26/2025. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14 or 5.18.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 8ddc89437ccefa18279918c19a61fd81527f40b9/eeb4819e94aa69767b9e5591e70c63e8b7c5786a/b7bbca4d08471bc8404a946bab1aa017dd05199b/1cdc768468c25d6b10ab83ec1efd4a8554532d69/a71eb6025305192e646040cd76ccacb5bd48a1b5 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.10.120
• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
• 5.15.4
• 5.15.5
• 5.15.6
• 5.15.7
• 5.15.8
• 5.15.9
• 5.15.10
• 5.15.11
• 5.15.12
• 5.15.13
• 5.15.14
• 5.15.15
• 5.15.16
• 5.15.17
• 5.15.18
• 5.15.19
• 5.15.20
• 5.15.21
• 5.15.22
• 5.15.23
• 5.15.24
• 5.15.25
• 5.15.26
• 5.15.27
• 5.15.28
• 5.15.29
• 5.15.30
• 5.15.31
• 5.15.32
• 5.15.33
• 5.15.34
• 5.15.35
• 5.15.36
• 5.15.37
• 5.15.38
• 5.15.39
• 5.15.40
• 5.15.41
• 5.15.42
• 5.15.43
• 5.15.44
• 5.15.45
• 5.17.0
• 5.17.1
• 5.17.2
• 5.17.3
• 5.17.4
• 5.17.5
• 5.17.6
• 5.17.7
• 5.17.8
• 5.17.9
• 5.17.10
• 5.17.11
• 5.17.12
• 5.17.13
• 5.18.0
• 5.18.1
• 5.18.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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