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CVE-2022-49502: media: rga: fix possible memory leak in rga_probe

• 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 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: rga: fix possible memory leak in rga_probe rga->m2m_dev needs to be freed when rga_probe fails.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 5.10.121; from 5.11 before 5.15.46; from 5.16 before 5.17.14; from 5.18 before 5.18.3 — fixed in 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cdc768468c25d6b10ab83ec1efd4a8554532d69
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ddc89437ccefa18279918c19a61fd81527f40b9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a71eb6025305192e646040cd76ccacb5bd48a1b5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7bbca4d08471bc8404a946bab1aa017dd05199b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eeb4819e94aa69767b9e5591e70c63e8b7c5786a

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