CVE-2022-50391
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Publication date: 2025-09-18
Last updated on: 2025-12-11
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.17 (inc) to 6.0.17 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.1 (inc) to 6.1.3 (exc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-401 | The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability in the Linux kernel involves a memory leak in the set_mempolicy_home_node system call. Specifically, when the system encounters a virtual memory area (vma) with a policy other than MPOL_BIND or MPOL_PREFERRED_MANY, it returns an error but fails to release the allocated memory policy object, leading to a leak of kernel memory. This flaw allows arbitrary users to cause kernel memory to be leaked.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability allows arbitrary users to leak kernel memory, which could potentially be exploited to gather sensitive information from the kernel memory space. This could lead to increased risk of information disclosure or other security issues related to kernel memory management.