kernel/resource: fix kfree() of bootmem memory again
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kernel/resource: fix kfree() of bootmem memory again Since commit ebff7d8f270d ("mem hotunplug: fix kfree() of bootmem memory"), we could get a resource allocated during boot via alloc_resource(). And it's required to release the resource using free_resource(). Howerver, many people use kfree directly which will result in kernel BUG. In order to fix this without fixing every call site, just leak a couple of bytes in such corner case.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kernel/resource: fix kfree() of bootmem memory again Since commit ebff7d8f270d ("mem hotunplug: fix kfree() of bootmem memory"), we could get a resource allocated during boot via alloc_resource(). And it's required to release the resource using free_resource(). Howerver, many people use kfree directly which will result in kernel BUG. In order to fix this without fixing every call site, just leak a couple of bytes in such corner case.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cbcc92917c5de80f15c24d033566539ad696892
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3379a60f6bb4afcd9c456e340ac525ae649d3ce7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9e88c2618d228d7a4e7e515cf30dc0d0d813f27
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab86020070999e758ce2e60c4348f20bf7ddba56
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7faa04a44a0c37ac3d222fa8e0bdcbfcee9c0c8
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49190.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49190