CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-49442

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2025-02-26 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2025-02-26
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers/base/node.c: fix compaction sysfs file leak Compaction sysfs file is created via compaction_register_node in register_node. But we forgot to remove it in unregister_node. Thus compaction sysfs file is leaked. Using compaction_unregister_node to fix this issue.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.35 < 4.9.318) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.10 < 4.14.283) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.15 < 4.19.247) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.20 < 5.4.198) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.5 < 5.10.121) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.46) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 5.17.14) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.18 < 5.18.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness

References