Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2022-48924
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal: int340x: fix memory leak in int3400_notify() It is easy to hit the below memory leaks in my TigerLake platform: unreferenced object 0xffff927c8b91dbc0 (size 32): comm "kworker/0:2", pid 112, jiffies 4294893323 (age 83.604s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 4e 41 4d 45 3d 49 4e 54 33 34 30 30 20 54 68 65 NAME=INT3400 The 72 6d 61 6c 00 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b a5 rmal.kkkkkkkkkk. backtrace: [<ffffffff9c502c3e>] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x2fe/0x4a0 [<ffffffff9c7b7c15>] kvasprintf+0x65/0xd0 [<ffffffff9c7b7d6e>] kasprintf+0x4e/0x70 [<ffffffffc04cb662>] int3400_notify+0x82/0x120 [int3400_thermal] [<ffffffff9c8b7358>] acpi_ev_notify_dispatch+0x54/0x71 [<ffffffff9c88f1a7>] acpi_os_execute_deferred+0x17/0x30 [<ffffffff9c2c2c0a>] process_one_work+0x21a/0x3f0 [<ffffffff9c2c2e2a>] worker_thread+0x4a/0x3b0 [<ffffffff9c2cb4dd>] kthread+0xfd/0x130 [<ffffffff9c201c1f>] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 Fix it by calling kfree() accordingly.
EPSS: 0.002 (11.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 38e44da591303d08b0d965a033e11ade284999d0, 4.14, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-48924?
- CVE-2022-48924 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-08-22.
- How severe is CVE-2022-48924?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.