CVE-2022-50391
Sept. 19, 2025, 4 p.m.
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Description
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.
Product(s) Impacted
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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| Linux |
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*CPE(s)
Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language | Software Edition | Target Software | Target Hardware | Other Information |
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| o | linux | linux_kernel | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
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Timeline
Published: Sept. 18, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Sept. 19, 2025, 4 p.m.
Last Modified: Sept. 19, 2025, 4 p.m.
Status : Awaiting Analysis
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