Bug 2347659 (CVE-2022-49442) - CVE-2022-49442 kernel: drivers/base/node.c: fix compaction sysfs file leak
Summary: CVE-2022-49442 kernel: drivers/base/node.c: fix compaction sysfs file leak
Keywords:
Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-49442
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-02-26 03:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-05-05 14:19 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed:
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-02-26 03:02:13 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2025-02-26 11:53:58 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022657-CVE-2022-49442-ae21@gregkh/T
Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.