CVE-2022-49144

MEDIUM

Linux kernel - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: fix memory leak of uid in files registration When there are no files for __io_sqe_files_scm() to process in the range, it'll free everything and return. However, it forgets to put uid.

References (5)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0853bd6885c2f293d88aaa7f7f1702c959b31680

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fa8b228c3f30060b9f4b24bb9aaaf41b0ae83fe

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b27de7011cb3ba14b047be2cee0ed8278368665b

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c86d18f4aa93e0e66cda0e55827cd03eea6bc5f8

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6d7a517e81accf6ed22d55684baea763d2dbe43

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0003

EPSS Percentile 10.1%

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 (5)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.10.110

linux/Kernel < 5.10.110linux

linux/Kernel < 5.15.33linux

linux/Kernel < 5.16.19linux

linux/Kernel < 5.17.2linux

Timeline

Published Feb 26, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026