In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
efi: ssdt: Don't free memory if ACPI table was loaded successfully
Amadeusz reports KASAN use-after-free errors introduced by commit
3881ee0b1edc ("efi: avoid efivars layer when loading SSDTs from
variables"). The problem appears to be that the memory that holds the
new ACPI table is now freed unconditionally, instead of only when the
ACPI core reported a failure to load the table.
So let's fix this, by omitting the kfree() on success.
efi: ssdt: Don't free memory if ACPI table was loaded successfully
Amadeusz reports KASAN use-after-free errors introduced by commit
3881ee0b1edc ("efi: avoid efivars layer when loading SSDTs from
variables"). The problem appears to be that the memory that holds the
new ACPI table is now freed unconditionally, instead of only when the
ACPI core reported a failure to load the table.
So let's fix this, by omitting the kfree() on success.
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi: ssdt: Don't free memory if ACPI table was loaded successfully Amadeusz reports KASAN use-after-free errors introduced by commit 3881ee0b1edc ("efi: avoid efivars layer when loading SSDTs from variables"). The problem appears to be that the memory that holds the new ACPI table is now freed unconditionally, instead of only when the ACPI core reported a failure to load the table. So let's fix this, by omitting the kfree() on success. | |
| Title | efi: ssdt: Don't free memory if ACPI table was loaded successfully | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-10-01T11:42:11.444Z
Reserved: 2025-09-17T14:53:07.009Z
Link: CVE-2022-50433
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-10-01T12:15:35.127
Modified: 2025-10-02T19:12:17.160
Link: CVE-2022-50433
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2025-10-02T08:39:51Z
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