CVE-2022-50134

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.14.291 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/hfi1: fix potential memory leak in setup_base_ctxt() setup_base_ctxt() allocates a memory chunk for uctxt->groups with hfi1_alloc_ctxt_rcv_groups(). When init_user_ctxt() fails, uctxt->groups is not released, which will lead to a memory leak. We should release the uctxt->groups with hfi1_free_ctxt_rcv_groups() when init_user_ctxt() fails.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 5.4%
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 (8)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.14.291
linux/Kernel < 4.14.291linux
linux/Kernel < 4.19.256linux
linux/Kernel < 5.4.211linux
linux/Kernel < 5.10.137linux
linux/Kernel < 5.15.61linux
linux/Kernel < 5.18.18linux
linux/Kernel < 5.19.2linux

Timeline

Published Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026