CVE-2022-50201

published 2025-06-18

CVE-2022-50201: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: selinux: fix memleak in security_read_state_kernel() In this function, it directly returns…

Priority P4 18 medium 5.5 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C N I N A H

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

selinux: fix memleak in security_read_state_kernel()

In this function, it directly returns the result of __security_read_policy
without freeing the allocated memory in *data, cause memory leak issue,
so free the memory if __security_read_policy failed.

[PM: subject line tweak]

Affected

12 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	linux	< linux 6.0.2-1 (bookworm)	linux 6.0.2-1 (bookworm)
linux	linux	—	—
linux	linux	>= fdd1ffe8a812b1109388e4bc389e57b2695ad095 < c877c5217145bda8fd95f506bf42f8d981afa57d	c877c5217145bda8fd95f506bf42f8d981afa57d
linux	linux	>= fdd1ffe8a812b1109388e4bc389e57b2695ad095 < f3cd7562c0a6774fc62d79654482014020e574f5	f3cd7562c0a6774fc62d79654482014020e574f5
linux	linux	>= fdd1ffe8a812b1109388e4bc389e57b2695ad095 < 1fc1f72aad2070d34022d0823e4cf09706b53f25	1fc1f72aad2070d34022d0823e4cf09706b53f25
linux	linux	>= fdd1ffe8a812b1109388e4bc389e57b2695ad095 < 73de1befcc53a7c68b0c5e76b9b5ac41c517760f	73de1befcc53a7c68b0c5e76b9b5ac41c517760f
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 6.0.2-1	6.0.2-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 6.0.2-1	6.0.2-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 6.0.2-1	6.0.2-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.12 < 5.15.61	5.15.61
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.16 < 5.18.18	5.18.18
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.19 < 5.19.2	5.19.2

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

osv 5.5 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 5.5 MEDIUM

vendor_redhat 5.5 MEDIUM

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