# CVE-2022-49784: perf/x86/amd/uncore: Fix memory leak for events array

Status: published. Published: 2025-05-01. Updated: 2026-11-05.

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.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Linux / Linux: ≥ 39621c5808f5dda75d03dc4b2d4d2b13a5a1c34b; < f75be9885d49e3717de962345c4572ddab52b178 (affected, git); ≥ 39621c5808f5dda75d03dc4b2d4d2b13a5a1c34b; < bdfe34597139cfcecd47a2eb97fea44d77157491 (affected, git). Source: 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). Source: CNA: Linux

## Severity and prioritization

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.17% as of 2026-11-05; percentile 6.47%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: Not reported

## Exploit evidence

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

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f75be9885d49e3717de962345c4572ddab52b178 (CNA: Linux)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdfe34597139cfcecd47a2eb97fea44d77157491 (CNA: Linux)

## Provenance

- CNA: Linux: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49784; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated 2026-11-05

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-49784; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated Not reported

Revision: 2e63d194a25c5873219e6328ecf7b57d9702ae7868561abb52836b078ad9f4b5

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