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CVE-2022-50779
published 2025-12-24

CVE-2022-50779: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: orangefs: Fix kmemleak in orangefs_prepare_debugfs_help_string() When insert and remove the…

PriorityP423
EPSS
0.25%
16.8th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: orangefs: Fix kmemleak in orangefs_prepare_debugfs_help_string() When insert and remove the orangefs module, then debug_help_string will be leaked: unreferenced object 0xffff8881652ba000 (size 4096): comm "insmod", pid 1701, jiffies 4294893639 (age 13218.530s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 43 6c 69 65 6e 74 20 44 65 62 75 67 20 4b 65 79 Client Debug Key 77 6f 72 64 73 20 61 72 65 20 75 6e 6b 6e 6f 77 words are unknow backtrace: [] kmalloc_trace+0x27/0xa0 [] orangefs_prepare_debugfs_help_string+0x5e/0x480 [orangefs] [] _sub_I_65535_1+0x57/0xf70 [crc_itu_t] [] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2a0 [] do_init_module+0xdf/0x320 [] load_module+0x2f98/0x3330 [] __do_sys_finit_module+0x113/0x1b0 [] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 [] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 When remove the module, should always free debug_help_string. Should always free the allocated buffer when change the free_debug_help_string.

Affected

23 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.4-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.4-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux——
linuxlinux>= dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac < 44d3eac26a5e5268d11cc342dc202b0d31505c0a44d3eac26a5e5268d11cc342dc202b0d31505c0a
linuxlinux>= dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac < f2b8a6aac561a49fe02c99683c40a8b87a9f68fcf2b8a6aac561a49fe02c99683c40a8b87a9f68fc
linuxlinux>= dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac < ba9d3b9cec20957fd86bb1bf525b4ea8b64b2deaba9d3b9cec20957fd86bb1bf525b4ea8b64b2dea
linuxlinux>= dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac < 2e7c09121064df93c58bbc49d3d0f608d3f584bd2e7c09121064df93c58bbc49d3d0f608d3f584bd
linuxlinux>= dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac < b8affa0c6405ee968dcb6030bee2cf719a464752b8affa0c6405ee968dcb6030bee2cf719a464752
linuxlinux>= dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac < 39529b79b023713d4f2d3479dc0ca43ba99df72639529b79b023713d4f2d3479dc0ca43ba99df726
linuxlinux>= dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac < 3fc221d9a16339a913a0341d3efc7fef339073e13fc221d9a16339a913a0341d3efc7fef339073e1
linuxlinux>= dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac < 19be31668552a198e887762e25bdcc560800ecb419be31668552a198e887762e25bdcc560800ecb4
linuxlinux>= dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac < d23417a5bf3a3afc55de5442eb46e1e60458b0a1d23417a5bf3a3afc55de5442eb46e1e60458b0a1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.178-15.10.178-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.4-16.1.4-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.4-16.1.4-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.4-16.1.4-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.10.0 < 4.14.3034.14.303
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.15.0 < 4.19.2704.19.270
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.20.0 < 5.4.2295.4.229
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.9.0 < 4.9.3374.9.337
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11.0 < 5.15.865.15.86
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16.0 < 6.0.166.0.16
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5.0 < 5.10.1635.10.163
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.1.0 < 6.1.26.1.2
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