What is CVE-2022-49857?

CVE-2022-49857 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2022-49857?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-49857

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: marvell: prestera: fix memory leak in prestera_rxtx_switch_init() When prestera_sdma_switch_init() failed, the memory pointed to by sw->rxtx isn't released. Fix it. Only be compiled, not be tested.

EPSS: 0.002 (7.4th 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 501ef3066c89d7f9045315e1be58749cf9e6814d, 5.10, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-49857?: CVE-2022-49857 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2022-49857?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.