CVE-2022-49549

The CVE-2022-49549 entry concerns a Linux kernel memory-leak in the x86 MCE/AMD path: when threshold_create_bank() fails inside mce_threshold_create_device(), the previously allocated threshold banks array (bp) could be leaked because threshold_remove_device() only frees it if the bank creation s...

kernel: x86/MCE/AMD: Fix memory leak when threshold_create_bank() fails

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/MCE/AMD: Fix memory leak when thresholdcreatebank fails In mcethresholdcreatedevice, if thresholdcreatebank fails, the previously allocated threshold banks array @bp will be leaked because the call to mcethresholdremovedevice...