CVE-2022-50577

Linux Kernel 5.18-6.2 - Memory Leak in IMA Inode Hashing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ima: Fix memory leak in __ima_inode_hash() Commit f3cc6b25dcc5 ("ima: always measure and audit files in policy") lets measurement or audit happen even if the file digest cannot be calculated. As a result, iint->ima_hash could have been allocated despite ima_collect_measurement() returning an error. Since ima_hash belongs to a temporary inode metadata structure, declared at the beginning of __ima_inode_hash(), just add a kfree() call if ima_collect_measurement() returns an error different from -ENOMEM (in that case, ima_hash should not have been allocated).

Scores

EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 9.7%

Details

Status published
Products (10)
linux/Kernel 5.18.0 - 6.0.18linux
linux/Kernel 6.1.0 - 6.1.4linux
Linux/Linux < 5.18
Linux/Linux 280fe8367b0dc45b6ac5e04fad03e16e99540c0c - 8c1d6a050a0f16e0a9d32eaf53b965c77279c6f8
Linux/Linux 280fe8367b0dc45b6ac5e04fad03e16e99540c0c - c4df8cb38f139ed9f4296868c0a6f15a26e8c491
Linux/Linux 280fe8367b0dc45b6ac5e04fad03e16e99540c0c - f375bcf69f58fd0744c9dfd1b6b891a27301d67b
Linux/Linux 5.18
Linux/Linux 6.0.18 - 6.0.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.4 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.2
Published Oct 22, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026