CVE-2022-50466

{"id": "CVE-2022-50466", "cveTags": [], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "cvssData": {"scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 5.5, "attackVector": "LOCAL", "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE"}, "impactScore": 3.6, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8}]}, "published": "2025-10-01T12:15:40.310", "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/265b6fb780f57d10449a40e94219b28fa52479cc", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/594d2a14f2168c09b13b114c3d457aa939403e52", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/706215300411d48db6b51a5832b872632a84bbc1", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acd9b4914f1c5928c7ae8ebc623d6291eb1a573a", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}], "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-401"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/binfmt_elf: Fix memory leak in load_elf_binary()\n\nThere is a memory leak reported by kmemleak:\n\n unreferenced object 0xffff88817104ef80 (size 224):\n comm \"xfs_admin\", pid 47165, jiffies 4298708825 (age 1333.476s)\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................\n 60 a8 b3 00 81 88 ff ff a8 10 5a 00 81 88 ff ff `.........Z.....\n backtrace:\n [<ffffffff819171e1>] __alloc_file+0x21/0x250\n [<ffffffff81918061>] alloc_empty_file+0x41/0xf0\n [<ffffffff81948cda>] path_openat+0xea/0x3d30\n [<ffffffff8194ec89>] do_filp_open+0x1b9/0x290\n [<ffffffff8192660e>] do_open_execat+0xce/0x5b0\n [<ffffffff81926b17>] open_exec+0x27/0x50\n [<ffffffff81a69250>] load_elf_binary+0x510/0x3ed0\n [<ffffffff81927759>] bprm_execve+0x599/0x1240\n [<ffffffff8192a997>] do_execveat_common.isra.0+0x4c7/0x680\n [<ffffffff8192b078>] __x64_sys_execve+0x88/0xb0\n [<ffffffff83bbf0a5>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80\n\nIf \"interp_elf_ex\" fails to allocate memory in load_elf_binary(),\nthe program will take the \"out_free_ph\" error handing path,\nresulting in \"interpreter\" file resource is not released.\n\nFix it by adding an error handing path \"out_free_file\", which will\nrelease the file resource when \"interp_elf_ex\" failed to allocate\nmemory."}], "lastModified": "2026-01-16T19:15:14.517", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "1757FB8B-1522-4491-866E-95FE5C320F32", "versionEndExcluding": "5.10.153", "versionStartIncluding": "5.7"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "756161DE-EFE3-4008-964A-DFE360B188B7", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.77", "versionStartIncluding": "5.11"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "65D387F0-209C-4EAD-98BA-C4B430A840C9", "versionEndExcluding": "6.0.7", "versionStartIncluding": "5.16"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "E7E331DA-1FB0-4DEC-91AC-7DA69D461C11"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "17F0B248-42CF-4AE6-A469-BB1BAE7F4705"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}