Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2022-49784

perf/x86/amd/uncore: Fix memory leak for events array

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/x86/amd/uncore: Fix memory leak for events array When a CPU comes online, the per-CPU NB and LLC uncore contexts are freed but not the events array within the context structure. This causes a memory leak as identified by the kmemleak detector. [...] unreferenced object 0xffff8c5944b8e320 (size 32): comm "swapper/0", pid 1, jiffies 4294670387 (age 151.072s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<000000000759fb79>] amd_uncore_cpu_up_prepare+0xaf/0x230 [<00000000ddc9e126>] cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x2cf/0x470 [<0000000093e727d4>] cpuhp_issue_call+0x14d/0x170 [<0000000045464d54>] __cpuhp_setup_state_cpuslocked+0x11e/0x330 [<0000000069f67cbd>] __cpuhp_setup_state+0x6b/0x110 [<0000000015365e0f>] amd_uncore_init+0x260/0x321 [<00000000089152d2>] do_one_initcall+0x3f/0x1f0 [<000000002d0bd18d>] kernel_init_freeable+0x1ca/0x212 [<0000000030be8dde>] kernel_init+0x11/0x120 [<0000000059709e59>] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 unreferenced object 0xffff8c5944b8dd40 (size 64): comm "swapper/0", pid 1, jiffies 4294670387 (age 151.072s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<00000000306efe8b>] amd_uncore_cpu_up_prepare+0x183/0x230 [<00000000ddc9e126>] cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x2cf/0x470 [<0000000093e727d4>] cpuhp_issue_call+0x14d/0x170 [<0000000045464d54>] __cpuhp_setup_state_cpuslocked+0x11e/0x330 [<0000000069f67cbd>] __cpuhp_setup_state+0x6b/0x110 [<0000000015365e0f>] amd_uncore_init+0x260/0x321 [<00000000089152d2>] do_one_initcall+0x3f/0x1f0 [<000000002d0bd18d>] kernel_init_freeable+0x1ca/0x212 [<0000000030be8dde>] kernel_init+0x11/0x120 [<0000000059709e59>] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 [...] Fix the problem by freeing the events array before freeing the uncore context.

Technical severityUnscoredNo score in collected sources
Published2025-05-01Source updated 2026-11-05
Collected2026-11-052 attributed sources

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
Linux
Linux
≥ 39621c5808f5dda75d03dc4b2d4d2b13a5a1c34b; < f75be9885d49e3717de962345c4572ddab52b178 (affected, git)
≥ 39621c5808f5dda75d03dc4b2d4d2b13a5a1c34b; < bdfe34597139cfcecd47a2eb97fea44d77157491 (affected, git)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: Linux
Linux
Linux
6.0 (affected)
≥ 0; < 6.0 (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.0.10; ≤ 6.0.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.1; ≤ * (unaffected, original_commit_for_fix)
Other versions: affected
CNA: Linux

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

No CVSS assessment reported. An unscored record is not a low-severity determination.

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

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