CVE-2022-50391
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2022
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
mm/mempolicy: fix memory leak in set_mempolicy_home_node system call
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mempolicy: fix memory leak in set_mempolicy_home_node system call When encountering any vma in the range with policy other than MPOL_BIND or MPOL_PREFERRED_MANY, an error is returned without issuing a mpol_put on the policy just allocated with mpol_dup(). This allows arbitrary users to leak kernel memory.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c6018b4b254971863bd0ad36bb5e7d0fa0f0ddb0 | affected | git | 4ca0eb6b2f3add8c5daefb726ce57dc95d103d33 | Unavailable | None listed |
| c6018b4b254971863bd0ad36bb5e7d0fa0f0ddb0 | affected | git | 0ce4cc6d269ddc448a825955b495f662f5d9e153 | Unavailable | None listed |
| c6018b4b254971863bd0ad36bb5e7d0fa0f0ddb0 | affected | git | 38ce7c9bdfc228c14d7621ba36d3eebedd9d4f76 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.17 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 5.17 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.0.17 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.0.* | None listed |
| 6.1.3 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.2 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |