CVE-2022-50821 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime7 documents6 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUM
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 89.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedDec 30

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: Don't leak netobj memory when gss_read_proxy_verf() fails

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Linuxlinux/linux_kernel3.10.0 — 4.19.270+5
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.178-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux030d794bf49855f5e2a9e8dfbfad34211d1eb08b — 76f2497a2faa6a4e91efb94a7f55705b403273fd+7
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.4-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
SUNRPC: Don't leak netobj memory when gss_read_proxy_verf() fails↗2025-12-30
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OSV
CVE-2022-50821: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: Don't leak netobj memory when gss_read_proxy_verf() fails↗2025-12-30
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GHSA
GHSA-mvq3-3j6q-8x8g: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: Don't leak netobj memory when gss_read_proxy_verf() fails↗2025-12-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: SUNRPC: Don't leak netobj memory when gss_read_proxy_verf() fails↗2025-12-30
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Debian
CVE-2022-50821: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: Don...↗2022
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2022-50821 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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