Memory Leak Affecting perf-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.14.285-215.501.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-PERFDEBUGINFO-10264776
  • published30 May 2025
  • disclosed26 Feb 2025

Introduced: 26 Feb 2025

CVE-2022-49442  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 perf-debuginfo to version 0:4.14.285-215.501.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1813.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf-debuginfo package and not the perf-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drivers/base/node.c: fix compaction sysfs file leak

Compaction sysfs file is created via compaction_register_node in register_node. But we forgot to remove it in unregister_node. Thus compaction sysfs file is leaked. Using compaction_unregister_node to fix this issue.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1