CVE-2022-49855

Published: May 1, 2025Modified: Oct 1, 2025

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: wwan: iosm: fix memory leak in ipc_pcie_read_bios_cfg ipc_pcie_read_bios_cfg() is using the acpi_evaluate_dsm() to obtain the wwan power state configuration from BIOS but is not freeing the acpi_object. The acpi_evaluate_dsm() returned acpi_object to be freed. Free the acpi_object after use.

Affected (6)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

6 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.14 to 5.15.79
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.16 to 6.0.9
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.1 rc1
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.1 rc2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.1 rc3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.1 rc4

Related CWEs

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.

References (3)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13b1ea861e8aeb701bcfbfe436b943efa2d44029

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7560ceef4d2832a67e8781d924e129c7f542376f

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d38a648d2d6cc7bee11c6f533ff9426a00c2a74c

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

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