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CVE-2022-49896
published 2025-05-01

CVE-2022-49896: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/pmem: Fix cxl_pmem_region and cxl_memdev leak When a cxl_nvdimm object goes through a…

PriorityP419medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.16%
5.5th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/pmem: Fix cxl_pmem_region and cxl_memdev leak When a cxl_nvdimm object goes through a ->remove() event (device physically removed, nvdimm-bridge disabled, or nvdimm device disabled), then any associated regions must also be disabled. As highlighted by the cxl-create-region.sh test [1], a single device may host multiple regions, but the driver was only tracking one region at a time. This leads to a situation where only the last enabled region per nvdimm device is cleaned up properly. Other regions are leaked, and this also causes cxl_memdev reference leaks. Fix the tracking by allowing cxl_nvdimm objects to track multiple region associations.

Affected

9 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.0.8-1 (bookworm)linux 6.0.8-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 04ad63f086d1a9649b8b082748cbc7a570ade461 < f43b6bfdbab78606735ba81185cf0602b81e40b6f43b6bfdbab78606735ba81185cf0602b81e40b6
linuxlinux>= 04ad63f086d1a9649b8b082748cbc7a570ade461 < 4d07ae22e79ebc2d7528bbc69daa53b86981cb3a4d07ae22e79ebc2d7528bbc69daa53b86981cb3a
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.0.8-16.0.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.0.8-16.0.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.0.8-16.0.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.0 < 6.0.86.0.8

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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