CVE-2022-50348

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.4.220 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: Fix a memory leak in an error handling path If this memdup_user() call fails, the memory allocated in a previous call a few lines above should be freed. Otherwise it leaks.

References (6)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/733dd17158f96aaa25408dc39bbb2738fda9300e

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acc393aecda05bf64ed13b732931462e07a1bf08

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aed8816305575b38dcc77feb6f1bc1d0ed32f5b8

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc3bca2110ac85cd964da997ef83d84cab0d49fb

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e060c4b9f33c1fca74df26d57a98e784295327e6

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd1ef88049de09bc70d60b549992524cfc0e66ff

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 2.8%

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 (6)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.4.220

linux/Kernel < 5.4.220linux

linux/Kernel < 5.10.150linux

linux/Kernel < 5.15.75linux

linux/Kernel < 5.19.17linux

linux/Kernel < 6.0.3linux

Timeline

Published Sep 16, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026