Bug 2363415 (CVE-2022-49857)

Summary: CVE-2022-49857 kernel: net: marvell: prestera: fix memory leak in prestera_rxtx_switch_init()
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-05-01 15:03:45 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: marvell: prestera: fix memory leak in prestera_rxtx_switch_init()

When prestera_sdma_switch_init() failed, the memory pointed to by
sw->rxtx isn't released. Fix it. Only be compiled, not be tested.
Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-05-02 05:22:56 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025050146-CVE-2022-49857-39d0@gregkh/T