CVE-2022-49442: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 2.6.35, before 4.9.318 (fixed in 4.9.318); from 4.10, before 4.14.283 (fixed in 4.14.283); from 4.15, before 4.19.247 (fixed in 4.19.247); from 4.20, before 5.4.198 (fixed in 5.4.198); from 5.5, before 5.10.121 (fixed in 5.10.121); from 5.11, before 5.15.46 (fixed in 5.15.46); …

Published 2025-02-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.