CVE-2022-49210
26.02.2025, 07:00
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: MIPS: pgalloc: fix memory leak caused by pgd_free() pgd page is freed by generic implementation pgd_free() since commit f9cb654cb550 ("asm-generic: pgalloc: provide generic pgd_free()"), however, there are scenarios that the system uses more than one page as the pgd table, in such cases the generic implementation pgd_free() won't be applicable anymore. For example, when PAGE_SIZE_4KB is enabled and MIPS_VA_BITS_48 is not enabled in a 64bit system, the macro "PGD_ORDER" will be set as "1", which will cause allocating two pages as the pgd table. Well, at the same time, the generic implementation pgd_free() just free one pgd page, which will result in the memory leak. The memory leak can be easily detected by executing shell command: "while true; do ls > /dev/null; grep MemFree /proc/meminfo; done"Enginsight
Vendor | Product | Version |
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linux | linux_kernel | 5.9 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.10.110 |
linux | linux_kernel | 5.11 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.15.33 |
linux | linux_kernel | 5.16 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.16.19 |
linux | linux_kernel | 5.17 ≤ 𝑥 < 5.17.2 |
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= Vulnerable software versions

Debian Releases
Common Weakness Enumeration
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