In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/kexec: fix memory leak of elf header buffer This is reported by kmemleak detector: unreferenced object 0xffffc900002a9000 (size 4096): comm "kexec", pid 14950, jiffies 4295110793 (age 373.951s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 7f 45 4c 46 02 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .ELF............ 04 00 3e 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..>............. backtrace: [<0000000016a8ef9f>] __vmalloc_node_range+0x101/0x170 [<000000002b66b6c0>] __vmalloc_node+0xb4/0x160 [<00000000ad40107d>] crash_prepare_elf64_headers+0x8e/0xcd0 [<0000000019afff23>] crash_load_segments+0x260/0x470 [<0000000019ebe95c>] bzImage64_load+0x814/0xad0 [<0000000093e16b05>] arch_kexec_kernel_image_load+0x1be/0x2a0 [<000000009ef2fc88>] kimage_file_alloc_init+0x2ec/0x5a0 [<0000000038f5a97a>] __do_sys_kexec_file_load+0x28d/0x530 [<0000000087c19992>] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 [<0000000066e063a4>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae In crash_prepare_elf64_headers(), a buffer is allocated via vmalloc() to store elf headers. While it's not freed back to system correctly when kdump kernel is reloaded or unloaded. Then memory leak is caused. Fix it by introducing x86 specific function arch_kimage_file_post_load_cleanup(), and freeing the buffer there. And also remove the incorrect elf header buffer freeing code. Before calling arch specific kexec_file loading function, the image instance has been initialized. So 'image->elf_headers' must be NULL. It doesn't make sense to free the elf header buffer in the place. Three different people have reported three bugs about the memory leak on x86_64 inside Redhat.

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.10.236-227.928. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2025-090 advisory.

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

    net/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free of encap entry in neigh update handler (CVE-2021-47247)

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

    i2c: dev: check return value when calling dev_set_name() (CVE-2022-49046)

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

    blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled (CVE-2022-49465)

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

    x86/kexec: fix memory leak of elf header buffer (CVE-2022-49546)

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

    ipv6: Fix signed integer overflow in __ip6_append_data (CVE-2022-49728)

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

    scsi: iscsi_tcp: Fix UAF during logout when accessing the shost ipaddress (CVE-2023-52975)

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

    btrfs: handle errors from btrfs_dec_ref() properly (CVE-2024-46753)

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

    mm: call the security_mmap_file() LSM hook in remap_file_pages() (CVE-2024-47745)

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

    bpf, sockmap: Fix race between element replace and close() (CVE-2024-56664)

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

    ipv6: mcast: extend RCU protection in igmp6_send() (CVE-2025-21759)

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

    KVM: x86: Reject Hyper-V's SEND_IPI hypercalls if local APIC isn't in-kernel (CVE-2025-21779)

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

    ovl: fix UAF in ovl_dentry_update_reval by moving dput() in ovl_link_up (CVE-2025-21887)

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

    x86/microcode/AMD: Fix out-of-bounds on systems with CPU-less NUMA nodes (CVE-2025-21991)

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

    proc: fix UAF in proc_get_inode() (CVE-2025-21999)

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

    net: atm: fix use after free in lec_send() (CVE-2025-22004)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2021-46925: Fixed kernel panic caused by race of smc_sock (bsc#1220466).
    - CVE-2021-47645: media: staging: media: zoran: calculate the right buffer number for zoran_reap_stat_com     (bsc#1237767).
    - CVE-2021-47648: gpu: host1x: Fix a memory leak in 'host1x_remove()' (bsc#1237725).
    - CVE-2022-49046: i2c: dev: check return value when calling dev_set_name() (bsc#1237842).
    - CVE-2022-49051: net: usb: aqc111: Fix out-of-bounds accesses in RX fixup (bsc#1237903).
    - CVE-2022-49053: scsi: target: tcmu: Fix possible page UAF (bsc#1237918).
    - CVE-2022-49059: nfc: nci: add flush_workqueue to prevent uaf (bsc#1238007).
    - CVE-2022-49074: irqchip/gic-v3: Fix GICR_CTLR.RWP polling (bsc#1237728).
    - CVE-2022-49075: btrfs: fix qgroup reserve overflow the qgroup limit (bsc#1237733).
    - CVE-2022-49084: qede: confirm skb is allocated before using (bsc#1237751).
    - CVE-2022-49107: ceph: fix memory leak in ceph_readdir when note_last_dentry returns error (bsc#1237973).
    - CVE-2022-49109: ceph: fix inode reference leakage in ceph_get_snapdir() (bsc#1237836).
    - CVE-2022-49119: scsi: pm8001: Fix memory leak in pm8001_chip_fw_flash_update_req() (bsc#1237925).
    - CVE-2022-49120: scsi: pm8001: Fix task leak in pm8001_send_abort_all() (bsc#1237969).
    - CVE-2022-49209: bpf, sockmap: Fix memleak in tcp_bpf_sendmsg while sk msg is full (bsc#1238252).
    - CVE-2022-49220: dax: make sure inodes are flushed before destroy cache (bsc#1237936).
    - CVE-2022-49275: can: m_can: m_can_tx_handler(): fix use after free of skb (bsc#1238719).
    - CVE-2022-49286: tpm: use try_get_ops() in tpm-space.c (bsc#1238647).
    - CVE-2022-49292: ALSA: oss: Fix PCM OSS buffer allocation overflow (bsc#1238625).
    - CVE-2022-49308: extcon: Modify extcon device to be created after driver data is set (bsc#1238654).
    - CVE-2022-49331: nfc: st21nfca: fix memory leaks in EVT_TRANSACTION handling (bsc#1237813).
    - CVE-2022-49344: af_unix: Fix a data-race in unix_dgram_peer_wake_me() (bsc#1237988).
    - CVE-2022-49367: net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Fix refcount leak in mv88e6xxx_mdios_register (bsc#1238447).
    - CVE-2022-49370: firmware: dmi-sysfs: Fix memory leak in dmi_sysfs_register_handle (bsc#1238467).
    - CVE-2022-49372: tcp: tcp_rtx_synack() can be called from process context (bsc#1238251).
    - CVE-2022-49388: ubi: ubi_create_volume: Fix use-after-free when volume creation failed (bsc#1237934).
    - CVE-2022-49395: um: Fix out-of-bounds read in LDT setup (bsc#1237953).
    - CVE-2022-49397: phy: qcom-qmp: fix struct clk leak on probe errors (bsc#1237823).
    - CVE-2022-49404: RDMA/hfi1: Fix potential integer multiplication overflow errors (bsc#1238430).
    - CVE-2022-49416: wifi: mac80211: fix use-after-free in chanctx code (bsc#1238293).
    - CVE-2022-49433: RDMA/hfi1: Prevent use of lock before it is initialized (bsc#1238268).
    - CVE-2022-49472: net: phy: micrel: Allow probing without .driver_data (bsc#1238951).
    - CVE-2022-49488: drm/msm/mdp5: Return error code in mdp5_mixer_release when deadlock (bsc#1238600).
    - CVE-2022-49495: drm/msm/hdmi: check return value after calling platform_get_resource_byname()     (bsc#1237932).
    - CVE-2022-49497: net: remove two BUG() from skb_checksum_help() (bsc#1238946).
    - CVE-2022-49505: NFC: NULL out the dev->rfkill to prevent UAF (bsc#1238615).
    - CVE-2022-49516: ice: always check VF VSI pointer values (bsc#1238953).
    - CVE-2022-49519: ath10k: skip ath10k_halt during suspend for driver state RESTARTING (bsc#1238943).
    - CVE-2022-49524: media: pci: cx23885: Fix the error handling in cx23885_initdev() (bsc#1238949).
    - CVE-2022-49530: drm/amd/pm: fix double free in si_parse_power_table() (bsc#1238944).
    - CVE-2022-49538: ALSA: jack: Fix mutex call in snd_jack_report() (bsc#1238843).
    - CVE-2022-49544: ipw2x00: Fix potential NULL dereference in libipw_xmit() (bsc#1238721).
    - CVE-2022-49545: ALSA: usb-audio: Cancel pending work at closing a MIDI substream (bsc#1238729).
    - CVE-2022-49546: x86/kexec: Fix double-free of elf header buffer (bsc#1238750).
    - CVE-2022-49563: crypto: qat - add param check for RSA (bsc#1238787).
    - CVE-2022-49564: crypto: qat - add param check for DH (bsc#1238789).
    - CVE-2022-49578: ip: Fix data-races around sysctl_ip_prot_sock. (bsc#1238794).
    - CVE-2022-49581: be2net: Fix buffer overflow in be_get_module_eeprom (bsc#1238540).
    - CVE-2022-49589: kABI: protect mr_ifc_count change (bsc#1238598).
    - CVE-2022-49605: igc: Reinstate IGC_REMOVED logic and implement it properly (bsc#1238433).
    - CVE-2022-49607: perf/core: Fix data race between perf_event_set_output() and perf_mmap_close()     (bsc#1238817).
    - CVE-2022-49610: KVM: VMX: Prevent RSB underflow before vmenter (bsc#1238952).
    - CVE-2022-49619: net: sfp: fix memory leak in sfp_probe() (bsc#1239003).
    - CVE-2022-49620: net: tipc: fix possible refcount leak in tipc_sk_create() (bsc#1239002).
    - CVE-2022-49640: sysctl: Fix data races in proc_douintvec_minmax() (bsc#1237782).
    - CVE-2022-49641: sysctl: Fix data races in proc_douintvec() (bsc#1237831).
    - CVE-2022-49667: net: bonding: fix use-after-free after 802.3ad slave unbind (bsc#1238282).
    - CVE-2022-49672: net: tun: unlink NAPI from device on destruction (bsc#1238816).
    - CVE-2022-49711: bus: fsl-mc-bus: fix KASAN use-after-free in fsl_mc_bus_remove() (bsc#1238416).
    - CVE-2022-49727: ipv6: Fix signed integer overflow in l2tp_ip6_sendmsg (bsc#1239059).
    - CVE-2022-49740: wifi: brcmfmac: Check the count value of channel spec to prevent out-of-bounds reads     (bsc#1240233).
    - CVE-2023-52935: mm/khugepaged: fix ->anon_vma race (bsc#1240276).
    - CVE-2023-52997: ipv4: prevent potential spectre v1 gadget in ip_metrics_convert() (bsc#1240303).
    - CVE-2023-53010: bnxt: Do not read past the end of test names (bsc#1240290).
    - CVE-2023-53019: net: mdio: validate parameter addr in mdiobus_get_phy() (bsc#1240286).
    - CVE-2024-35910: kABI fix for tcp: properly terminate timers for kernel sockets (bsc#1224489).
    - CVE-2024-36968: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix div-by-zero in l2cap_le_flowctl_init() (bsc#1226130).
    - CVE-2024-38559: scsi: qedf: Ensure the copied buf is NUL terminated (bsc#1226785).
    - CVE-2024-41005: netpoll: Fix race condition in netpoll_owner_active (bsc#1227858).
    - CVE-2024-49571: net/smc: check iparea_offset and ipv6_prefixes_cnt when receiving proposal msg     (bsc#1235733).
    - CVE-2024-49935: ACPI: PAD: fix crash in exit_round_robin() (bsc#1232370).
    - CVE-2024-49940: l2tp: prevent possible tunnel refcount underflow (bsc#1232812).
    - CVE-2024-50269: usb: musb: sunxi: Fix accessing an released usb phy (bsc#1233458).
    - CVE-2024-53124: net: fix data-races around sk->sk_forward_alloc (bsc#1234074).
    - CVE-2024-53140: netlink: terminate outstanding dump on socket close (bsc#1234222).
    - CVE-2024-53680: ipvs: fix UB due to uninitialized stack access in ip_vs_protocol_init() (bsc#1235715).
    - CVE-2024-56640: net/smc: fix LGR and link use-after-free issue (bsc#1235436).
    - CVE-2024-56770: net/sched: netem: account for backlog updates from child qdisc (bsc#1235637).
    - CVE-2024-57900: ila: serialize calls to nf_register_net_hooks() (bsc#1235973).
    - CVE-2024-57973: rdma/cxgb4: Prevent potential integer overflow on 32bit (bsc#1238531).
    - CVE-2024-57979: kABI workaround for pps changes (bsc#1238521).
    - CVE-2024-57996: net_sched: sch_sfq: do not allow 1 packet limit (bsc#1239076).
    - CVE-2024-58014: wifi: brcmsmac: add gain range check to wlc_phy_iqcal_gainparams_nphy() (bsc#1239109).
    - CVE-2024-58052: drm/amdgpu: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in atomctrl_get_smc_sclk_range_table     (bsc#1238986).
    - CVE-2024-58071: team: prevent adding a device which is already a team device lower (bsc#1238970)
    - CVE-2024-58072: wifi: rtlwifi: remove unused check_buddy_priv (bsc#1238964).
    - CVE-2024-58083: KVM: Explicitly verify target vCPU is online in kvm_get_vcpu() (bsc#1239036).
    - CVE-2025-21703: netem: Update sch->q.qlen before qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() (bsc#1237313).
    - CVE-2025-21708: net: usb: rtl8150: enable basic endpoint checking (bsc#1239087).
    - CVE-2025-21744: wifi: brcmfmac: fix NULL pointer dereference in brcmf_txfinalize() (bsc#1238903).
    - CVE-2025-21759: ipv6: mcast: extend RCU protection in igmp6_send() (bsc#1238738).
    - CVE-2025-21760: ndisc: extend RCU protection in ndisc_send_skb() (bsc#1238763).
    - CVE-2025-21762: arp: use RCU protection in arp_xmit() (bsc#1238780).
    - CVE-2025-21763: neighbour: use RCU protection in __neigh_notify() (bsc#1237897).
    - CVE-2025-21765: ipv6: use RCU protection in ip6_default_advmss() (bsc#1237906).
    - CVE-2025-21766: ipv4: use RCU protection in __ip_rt_update_pmtu() (bsc#1238754).
    - CVE-2025-21776: USB: hub: Ignore non-compliant devices with too many configs or interfaces     (bsc#1238909).
    - CVE-2025-21782: orangefs: fix a oob in orangefs_debug_write (bsc#1239117).
    - CVE-2025-21785: arm64: cacheinfo: Avoid out-of-bounds write to cacheinfo array (bsc#1238747).
    - CVE-2025-21791: vrf: use RCU protection in l3mdev_l3_out() (bsc#1238512).
    - CVE-2025-21796: nfsd: clear acl_access/acl_default after releasing them (bsc#1238716).
    - CVE-2025-21802: net: hns3: fix oops when unload drivers paralleling (bsc#1238751).
    - CVE-2025-21821: fbdev: omap: use threaded IRQ for LCD DMA (bsc#1239174).
    - CVE-2025-21831: PCI: Avoid putting some root ports into D3 on TUXEDO Sirius Gen1 (bsc#1239039).
    - CVE-2025-21846: acct: perform last write from workqueue (bsc#1239508).
    - CVE-2025-21848: nfp: bpf: Add check for nfp_app_ctrl_msg_alloc() (bsc#1239479).
    - CVE-2025-21865: gtp: Suppress list corruption splat in gtp_net_exit_batch_rtnl() (bsc#1239481).
    - CVE-2025-21871: tee: optee: Fix supplicant wait loop (bsc#1240183).
    - CVE-2025-21877: usbnet: gl620a: fix endpoint checking in genelink_bind() (bsc#1240172).
    - CVE-2025-21891: ipvlan: ensure network headers are in skb linear part (bsc#1240186).
    - CVE-2025-21916: usb: atm: cxacru: fix a flaw in existing endpoint checks (bsc#1240582).
    - CVE-2025-21922: ppp: Fix KMSAN uninit-value warning with bpf (bsc#1240639).
    - CVE-2025-21934: rapidio: fix an API misues when rio_add_net() fails (bsc#1240708).
    - CVE-2025-21935: rapidio: add check for rio_add_net() in rio_scan_alloc_net() (bsc#1240700).
    - CVE-2025-21969: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix build errors in some archs (bsc#1240784).
    - CVE-2025-21993: iscsi_ibft: Fix UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds warning in ibft_attr_show_nic() (bsc#1240797).
    - CVE-2025-21996: drm/radeon: fix uninitialized size issue in radeon_vce_cs_parse() (bsc#1240801).
    - CVE-2025-22007: Bluetooth: Fix error code in chan_alloc_skb_cb() (bsc#1240582).


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2021-47248: udp: fix race between close() and udp_abort() (bsc#1224867).
    - CVE-2022-49051: net: usb: aqc111: Fix out-of-bounds accesses in RX fixup (bsc#1237903).
    - CVE-2022-49053: scsi: target: tcmu: Fix possible page UAF (bsc#1237918).
    - CVE-2022-49275: can: m_can: m_can_tx_handler(): fix use after free of skb (bsc#1238719).
    - CVE-2022-49413: bfq: Update cgroup information before merging bio (bsc#1238710).
    - CVE-2022-49465: blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled (bsc#1238919).
    - CVE-2022-49545: ALSA: usb-audio: Cancel pending work at closing a MIDI substream (bsc#1238729).
    - CVE-2022-49563: crypto: qat - add param check for RSA (bsc#1238787).
    - CVE-2022-49564: crypto: qat - add param check for DH (bsc#1238789).
    - CVE-2022-49739: gfs2: Always check inode size of inline inodes (bsc#1240207).
    - CVE-2023-52935: mm/khugepaged: fix ->anon_vma race (bsc#1240276).
    - CVE-2024-56642: tipc: Fix use-after-free of kernel socket in cleanup_bearer() (bsc#1235433).
    - CVE-2024-56651: can: hi311x: hi3110_can_ist(): fix potential use-after-free (bsc#1235528).
    - CVE-2024-57996: net_sched: sch_sfq: do not allow 1 packet limit (bsc#1239076).
    - CVE-2024-58014: wifi: brcmsmac: add gain range check to wlc_phy_iqcal_gainparams_nphy() (bsc#1239109).
    - CVE-2025-21772: partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table (bsc#1238911).
    - CVE-2025-21780: drm/amdgpu: avoid buffer overflow attach in smu_sys_set_pp_table() (bsc#1239115).


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2022-49053: scsi: target: tcmu: Fix possible page UAF (bsc#1237918).
    - CVE-2022-49465: blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled (bsc#1238919).
    - CVE-2022-49739: gfs2: Always check inode size of inline inodes (bsc#1240207).
    - CVE-2023-52935: mm/khugepaged: fix ->anon_vma race (bsc#1240276).
    - CVE-2024-53124: net: fix data-races around sk->sk_forward_alloc (bsc#1234074).
    - CVE-2024-53176: smb: During unmount, ensure all cached dir instances drop their dentry (bsc#1234894).
    - CVE-2024-53178: smb: Do not leak cfid when reconnect races with open_cached_dir (bsc#1234895).
    - CVE-2024-56651: can: hi311x: hi3110_can_ist(): fix potential use-after-free (bsc#1235528).
    - CVE-2024-57996: net_sched: sch_sfq: do not allow 1 packet limit (bsc#1239076).
    - CVE-2024-58013: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_sync     (bsc#1239095).
    - CVE-2024-58014: wifi: brcmsmac: add gain range check to wlc_phy_iqcal_gainparams_nphy() (bsc#1239109).
    - CVE-2025-21693: mm: zswap: properly synchronize freeing resources during CPU hotunplug (bsc#1237029).
    - CVE-2025-21718: net: rose: fix timer races against user threads (bsc#1239073).
    - CVE-2025-21772: partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table (bsc#1238911).
    - CVE-2025-21780: drm/amdgpu: avoid buffer overflow attach in smu_sys_set_pp_table() (bsc#1239115).


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2024-2201: Fixed information leak in x86/BHI (bsc#1217339).
    - CVE-2024-41092: drm/i915/gt: Fix potential UAF by revoke of fence registers (bsc#1228483).
    - CVE-2024-42098: crypto: ecdh - explicitly zeroize private_key (bsc#1228779).
    - CVE-2024-42229: crypto: aead,cipher - zeroize key buffer after use (bsc#1228708).
    - CVE-2024-57996: net_sched: sch_sfq: do not allow 1 packet limit (bsc#1239076).
    - CVE-2024-58014: wifi: brcmsmac: add gain range check to wlc_phy_iqcal_gainparams_nphy() (bsc#1239109).
    - CVE-2025-21718: net: rose: fix timer races against user threads (bsc#1239073).
    - CVE-2025-21780: drm/amdgpu: avoid buffer overflow attach in smu_sys_set_pp_table() (bsc#1239115).


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/kexec: fix memory leak of elf     header buffer This is reported by kmemleak detector: unreferenced object 0xffffc900002a9000 (size 4096):
    comm kexec, pid 14950, jiffies 4295110793 (age 373.951s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 7f 45 4c 46 02 01 01     00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .ELF............ 04 00 3e 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00     ..>............. backtrace: [<0000000016a8ef9f>] __vmalloc_node_range+0x101/0x170 [<000000002b66b6c0>]
    __vmalloc_node+0xb4/0x160 [<00000000ad40107d>] crash_prepare_elf64_headers+0x8e/0xcd0 [<0000000019afff23>]     crash_load_segments+0x260/0x470 [<0000000019ebe95c>] bzImage64_load+0x814/0xad0 [<0000000093e16b05>]     arch_kexec_kernel_image_load+0x1be/0x2a0 [<000000009ef2fc88>] kimage_file_alloc_init+0x2ec/0x5a0     [<0000000038f5a97a>] __do_sys_kexec_file_load+0x28d/0x530 [<0000000087c19992>] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90     [<0000000066e063a4>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae In crash_prepare_elf64_headers(), a buffer     is allocated via vmalloc() to store elf headers. While it's not freed back to system correctly when kdump     kernel is reloaded or unloaded. Then memory leak is caused. Fix it by introducing x86 specific function     arch_kimage_file_post_load_cleanup(), and freeing the buffer there. And also remove the incorrect elf     header buffer freeing code. Before calling arch specific kexec_file loading function, the image instance     has been initialized. So 'image->elf_headers' must be NULL. It doesn't make sense to free the elf header     buffer in the place. Three different people have reported three bugs about the memory leak on x86_64     inside Redhat. (CVE-2022-49546)

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ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
234958	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.10-2025-090)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
234545	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
234484	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
234407	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
233410	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
227153	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49546	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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