CVE-2022-50351 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 16

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix xid leak in cifs_create() If the cifs already shutdown, we should free the xid before return, otherwise, the xid will be leaked.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.13 — 5.15.76+2
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.0.6-1+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linux087f757b0129850c99cc9116df4909dac1bce871 — 593d877c39aa9f3fe1a4b5b022492886d7d700ec+3
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.0.6-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-pjmj-jggx-2j9h: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix xid leak in cifs_create() If the cifs already shutdown, we should free↗2025-09-16
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OSV
CVE-2022-50351: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix xid leak in cifs_create() If the cifs already shutdown, we should free t↗2025-09-16
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: Kernel: Denial of Service in CIFS due to xid leak↗2025-09-16
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Debian
CVE-2022-50351: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix x...↗2022
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