CVE-2022-50395

Published: Sep 18, 2025Modified: Jan 14, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: integrity: Fix memory leakage in keyring allocation error path Key restriction is allocated in integrity_init_keyring(). However, if keyring allocation failed, it is not freed, causing memory leaks.

Affected (5)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

1 product

Configuration A

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	From 4.12 to 5.4.229
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.11 to 5.15.86
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.16 to 6.0.16
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.5 to 5.10.163
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.1 to 6.1.2

Related CWEs

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.

References (6)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29d6c69ba4b96a1de0376e44e5f8b38b13ec8803

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39419ef7af0916cc3620ecf1ed42d29659109bf3

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bd737289c26be3cee4b9afaf61ef784a2af9d6e

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57e49ad12f8f5df0c48e1710c54b147a05a10c32

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b7c44885a07c5ee7f9bf3aa3c9c72fb110c8d22

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c591c48842f08d30ec6b8416757831985ed9a315

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

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