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CVE-2022-50042

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
18/06/2025
Last modified:
13/11/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> net: genl: fix error path memory leak in policy dumping<br /> <br /> If construction of the array of policies fails when recording<br /> non-first policy we need to unwind.<br /> <br /> netlink_policy_dump_add_policy() itself also needs fixing as<br /> it currently gives up on error without recording the allocated<br /> pointer in the pstate pointer.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.10 (including) 5.10.138 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.11 (including) 5.15.63 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.16 (including) 5.19.4 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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