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CVE-2022-49135: drm/amd/display: Fix memory leak

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-02-26 · updated 2026-08-13
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix memory leak [why] Resource release is needed on the error handling path to prevent memory leak. [how] Fix this by adding kfree on the error handling path.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 5.15.34; from 5.16 before 5.16.20; from 5.17 before 5.17.3 — fixed in 5.15.34, 5.16.20, 5.17.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.15.34, 5.16.20, 5.17.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ce1497add6d17b48cc9df65095bd20202d93994
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5076315aaddd640bde896ec8d79423ed8ec83a59
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d5c6dba2b43e28845d7d7ed32a36802329a5f52
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e10369c72db7a0e2f77b2e306aadc07aef6b07a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d0bef3cc22cf250278ed45b829f062a00af9e27

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