Linux Kernel up to 5.10.110/5.15.33/5.16.19/5.17.2 PCI memory leak

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.110/5.15.33/5.16.19/5.17.2. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component PCI. This manipulation causes memory leak. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2022-49115. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.110/5.15.33/5.16.19/5.17.2 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component PCI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: endpoint: Fix misused goto label Fix a misused goto label jump since that can result in a memory leak.

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-49115 since 02/26/2025. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 5.10.111, 5.15.34, 5.16.20 or 5.17.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 7c657c0694ff690e361a13ce41c36b9dfb433ec8/dc9d33b2d8d09e6478e8ef817a81cf26930acc3e/70236a0d2d62b081d52076de22d8d017d6cbe99f/d3642fc64276b06446290f82fd45630aeaa4b007/bf8d87c076f55b8b4dfdb6bc6c6b6dc0c2ccb487 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.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.10.110
• 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
• 5.16.0
• 5.16.1
• 5.16.2
• 5.16.3
• 5.16.4
• 5.16.5
• 5.16.6
• 5.16.7
• 5.16.8
• 5.16.9
• 5.16.10
• 5.16.11
• 5.16.12
• 5.16.13
• 5.16.14
• 5.16.15
• 5.16.16
• 5.16.17
• 5.16.18
• 5.16.19
• 5.17.0
• 5.17.1
• 5.17.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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