CVE-2022-49546

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While it's not freed back to system correctly when\nkdump kernel is reloaded or unloaded. Then memory leak is caused. Fix it\nby introducing x86 specific function arch_kimage_file_post_load_cleanup(),\nand freeing the buffer there.\n\nAnd also remove the incorrect elf header buffer freeing code. Before\ncalling arch specific kexec_file loading function, the image instance has\nbeen initialized. So 'image->elf_headers' must be NULL. It doesn't make\nsense to free the elf header buffer in the place.\n\nThree different people have reported three bugs about the memory leak on\nx86_64 inside Redhat."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: x86/kexec: se corrige la p\u00e9rdida de memoria del b\u00fafer de encabezado elf Esto lo informa el detector kmemleak: objeto sin referencia 0xffffc900002a9000 (size 4096): comm \"kexec\", pid 14950, jiffies 4295110793 (age 373.951s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 7f 45 4c 46 02 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .ELF............ 04 00 3e 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..&gt;............. backtrace: [&lt;0000000016a8ef9f&gt;] __vmalloc_node_range+0x101/0x170 [&lt;000000002b66b6c0&gt;] __vmalloc_node+0xb4/0x160 [&lt;00000000ad40107d&gt;] crash_prepare_elf64_headers+0x8e/0xcd0 [&lt;0000000019afff23&gt;] crash_load_segments+0x260/0x470 [&lt;0000000019ebe95c&gt;] bzImage64_load+0x814/0xad0 [&lt;0000000093e16b05&gt;] arch_kexec_kernel_image_load+0x1be/0x2a0 [&lt;000000009ef2fc88&gt;] kimage_file_alloc_init+0x2ec/0x5a0 [&lt;0000000038f5a97a&gt;] __do_sys_kexec_file_load+0x28d/0x530 [&lt;0000000087c19992&gt;] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [&lt;0000000066e063a4&gt;] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae In crash_prepare_elf64_headers(), se asigna un b\u00fafer a trav\u00e9s de vmalloc() para almacenar encabezados elf. Sin embargo, no se libera correctamente al sistema cuando se vuelve a cargar o descargar el kernel kdump. Entonces se produce una p\u00e9rdida de memoria. Arr\u00e9glelo introduciendo la funci\u00f3n espec\u00edfica x86 arch_kimage_file_post_load_cleanup() y liberando el b\u00fafer all\u00ed. Y tambi\u00e9n elimine el c\u00f3digo incorrecto de liberaci\u00f3n del b\u00fafer del encabezado elf. Antes de llamar a la funci\u00f3n de carga kexec_file espec\u00edfica de arch, se ha inicializado la instancia de la imagen. Por lo tanto, 'image-&gt;elf_headers' debe ser NULL. No tiene sentido liberar el b\u00fafer del encabezado elf en ese lugar. Tres personas diferentes han informado tres errores sobre la p\u00e9rdida de memoria en x86_64 dentro de Redhat."}], "id": "CVE-2022-49546", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T05:18:24.450", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2025-02-26T07:01:30.500", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/115ee42a4c2f26ba2b4ace2668a3f004621f6833"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23cf39dccf7653650701a6f39b119e9116a27f1a"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8765a423a87d74ef24ea02b43b2728fe4039f248"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3e34a47f98974d0844444c5121aaff123004e57"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f675e3a9189d84a9324ab45b0cb19906c2bc8fcb"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-401"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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