CVE-2022-50395 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 18
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
integrity: Fix memory leakage in keyring allocation error path
Key restriction is allocated in integrity_init_keyring(). However, if
keyring allocation failed, it is not freed, causing memory leaks.
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
▶CVEListV5linux/linux2b6aa412ff23a02ac777ad307249c60a839cfd25 — 9b7c44885a07c5ee7f9bf3aa3c9c72fb110c8d22+6
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-prqj-m7rp-hg5q: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
integrity: Fix memory leakage in keyring allocation error path
Key restriction i↗2025-09-18
OSV▶
CVE-2022-50395: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: integrity: Fix memory leakage in keyring allocation error path Key restriction is↗2025-09-18