CVE-2022-49653

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: piix4: Fix a memory leak in the EFCH MMIO support The recently added support for EFCH MMIO regions introduced a memory leak in that code path. The leak is caused by the fact that release_resource() merely removes the resource from the tree but does not free its memory. We need to call release_mem_region() instead, which does free the memory. As a nice side effect, this brings back some symmetry between the legacy and MMIO paths.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ad59b397f86a4d8014966fdc0552095a0c4fb2b	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3263e4cf8265f0c9eb0ed8a9b50f132c7a42e19	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2bf1a6480e8d44658a8ac3bdcec081238873212	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc3::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc4::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc5::::::

History

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Information

Published : 2025-02-26 07:01

Updated : 2025-10-01 20:17

NVD link : CVE-2022-49653

Mitre link : CVE-2022-49653

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-49653

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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