CVE-2022-49206
Moderate
RDMA/mlx5: Fix memory leak in error flow for subscribe event routine
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mlx5: Fix memory leak in error flow for subscribe event routine In case the second xa_insert() fails, the obj_event is not released. Fix the error unwind flow to free that memory to avoid a memory leak.
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
February 26, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-49206
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mlx5: Fix memory leak in error flow for subscribe event routine In case the second xa_insert() fails, the obj_event is not released. Fix the error unwind flow to free that memory to avoid a memory leak.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0174a89663a5ef83617da15bf24c0af2f62b6c7f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/087f9c3f2309ed183f7e4b85ae57121d8663224d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/414b4e8738484379f18d6c4e780787c80dbf8a2c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8dd392e352d3269938fea32061a74655a613f929
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c98d903ff9e79c210beddea4e6bc15ac38e25aa5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d66498507801fd9a20307a15a0814a0a016c3cde
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49206.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49206