CVE-2022-24959

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.16.5 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.16.5. There is a memory leak in yam_siocdevprivate in drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c.

References (5)

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 17.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-401
Status published

Affected Products (4)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.16.5
debian/debian_linux
debian/debian_linux
debian/debian_linux

Timeline

Published Feb 11, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026