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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2022-49757 EUVD-2022-55166GHSA-xvxr-rrxw-rfp9

EDAC/highbank: Fix memory leak in highbank_mc_probe()

Published Mar 27, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

EDAC/highbank: Fix memory leak in highbank_mc_probe()

When devres_open_group() fails, it returns -ENOMEM without freeing memory
allocated by edac_mc_alloc().

Call edac_mc_free() on the error handling path to avoid a memory leak.

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Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 3.6 4.14.305

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.1.11-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.1.11-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.11-1 —

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1015.17 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-70.77 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1034.38 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1036.43 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1036.43.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1032.40 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1031.36 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1018.23 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1028.31 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1028.33 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1023.23 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1033.39 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1027.29 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +31 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-147.164 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1100.108 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1034.38~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1106.112 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1036.43~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1062.68 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1103.112 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1032.40~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-70.77~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1047.52 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1030.35~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1089.95 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1014.14~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1099.108 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1033.39~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1083.94 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1031.35~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1024.28 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux 4.15.0-209.220 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws 4.15.0-1154.167 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1100.108~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1163.178 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1106.112~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1148.164 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1103.112~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-147.164~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1047.52~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.15.0-1138.143 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1117.128 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1099.108~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1083.94~18.04.1 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1024.29 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1036.39 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1100.108+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1106.112+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1075.84 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1103.112+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 4.15.0-2093.99 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 4.15.0-2072.78 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips 4.15.0-1109.120 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 4.15.0-2056.61 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1154.167~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1163.178~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1148.164~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-209.220~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1117.128~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1163.178~14.04.1 —

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