CVE-2022-50043

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.12-5.15.63 5.16-5.19.4 6.0 - Memory Leak in ndisc_router_discovery

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fix potential refcount leak in ndisc_router_discovery() The issue happens on specific paths in the function. After both the object `rt` and `neigh` are grabbed successfully, when `lifetime` is nonzero but the metric needs change, the function just deletes the route and set `rt` to NULL. Then, it may try grabbing `rt` and `neigh` again if above conditions hold. The function simply overwrite `neigh` if succeeds or returns if fails, without decreasing the reference count of previous `neigh`. This may result in memory leaks. Fix it by decrementing the reference count of `neigh` in place.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (12)
linux/Kernel 5.12.0 - 5.15.63linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.19.4linux
Linux/Linux < 5.12
Linux/Linux 5.12
Linux/Linux 5.15.63 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.19.4 - 5.19.*
Linux/Linux 6.0
Linux/Linux 6b2e04bc240fe9be9e690059f710e9f95346d34d - 7396ba87f1edf549284869451665c7c4e74ecd4f
Linux/Linux 6b2e04bc240fe9be9e690059f710e9f95346d34d - 7998043d31d000c3a93f46182e6569dd0eecda34
Linux/Linux 6b2e04bc240fe9be9e690059f710e9f95346d34d - ffb15594433391fd7885eb88ce5a7f7bdeefbb15
... and 2 more
Published Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026