What is CVE-2022-49971?

CVE-2022-49971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-06-18.

How severe is CVE-2022-49971?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-49971

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/pm: Fix a potential gpu_metrics_table memory leak Memory is allocated for gpu_metrics_table in smu_v13_0_4_init_smc_tables(), but not freed in smu_v13_0_4_fini_smc_tables(). This may cause memory leaks, fix it.

EPSS: 0.002 (7.7th 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 55c894945bda8cbf8a57d97c0514b282e3960cc0, 5.19, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.0

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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-49971?: CVE-2022-49971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2022-49971?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.