CVE-2022-50042

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.10.138 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: genl: fix error path memory leak in policy dumping If construction of the array of policies fails when recording non-first policy we need to unwind. netlink_policy_dump_add_policy() itself also needs fixing as it currently gives up on error without recording the allocated pointer in the pstate pointer.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 5.6%
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 < 5.10.138
linux/linux_kernel
linux/Kernel < 5.10.138linux
linux/Kernel < 5.15.63linux
linux/Kernel < 5.19.4linux

Timeline

Published Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026