CVE-2022-50201

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.15.61 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: selinux: fix memleak in security_read_state_kernel() In this function, it directly returns the result of __security_read_policy without freeing the allocated memory in *data, cause memory leak issue, so free the memory if __security_read_policy failed. [PM: subject line tweak]

References (4)

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 (4)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.15.61
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