Riskcovery

CVE-2022-49144

io_uring: fix memory leak of uid in files registration

State
Published
Severity
5.5 Medium
Published
Feb 26, 2025
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Feb 26, 2025

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

io_uring: fix memory leak of uid in files registration

When there are no files for __io_sqe_files_scm() to process in the range, it'll free everything and return. However, it forgets to put uid.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 08a451739a9b5783f67de51e84cb6d9559bb9dc4 to before b27de7011cb3ba14b047be2cee0ed8278368665bAffected
  • 08a451739a9b5783f67de51e84cb6d9559bb9dc4 to before 0853bd6885c2f293d88aaa7f7f1702c959b31680Affected
  • 08a451739a9b5783f67de51e84cb6d9559bb9dc4 to before d6d7a517e81accf6ed22d55684baea763d2dbe43Affected
  • 08a451739a9b5783f67de51e84cb6d9559bb9dc4 to before 7fa8b228c3f30060b9f4b24bb9aaaf41b0ae83feAffected
  • 08a451739a9b5783f67de51e84cb6d9559bb9dc4 to before c86d18f4aa93e0e66cda0e55827cd03eea6bc5f8Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.5Affected
  • before 5.5Not affected
  • 5.10.110 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.33 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 5.16.19 through 5.16.*Not affected
  • 5.17.2 through 5.17.*Not affected
  • 5.18 and laterNot affected

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