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    "id": "CVE-2022-50569",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50569",
    "idYear": 2022,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2025-10-22T13:23:25.810Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-08-05T08:59:09.466Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:56:49.724Z",
    "snapshot": {
      "id": "cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline",
      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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      "title": "xfrm: Update ipcomp_scratches with NULL when freed",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxfrm: Update ipcomp_scratches with NULL when freed\n\nCurrently if ipcomp_alloc_scratches() fails to allocate memory\nipcomp_scratches holds obsolete address. So when we try to free the\npercpu scratches using ipcomp_free_scratches() it tries to vfree non\nexistent vm area. Described below:\n\nstatic void * __percpu *ipcomp_alloc_scratches(void)\n{\n        ...\n        scratches = alloc_percpu(void *);\n        if (!scratches)\n                return NULL;\nipcomp_scratches does not know about this allocation failure.\nTherefore holding the old obsolete address.\n        ...\n}\n\nSo when we free,\n\nstatic void ipcomp_free_scratches(void)\n{\n        ...\n        scratches = ipcomp_scratches;\nAssigning obsolete address from ipcomp_scratches\n\n        if (!scratches)\n                return;\n\n        for_each_possible_cpu(i)\n               vfree(*per_cpu_ptr(scratches, i));\nTrying to free non existent page, causing warning: trying to vfree\nexistent vm area.\n        ...\n}\n\nFix this breakage by updating ipcomp_scrtches with NULL when scratches\nis freed",
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