fkie_cve-2022-50201
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-06-18 11:15
Modified
2025-06-18 13:47
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: selinux: fix memleak in security_read_state_kernel() In this function, it directly returns the result of __security_read_policy without freeing the allocated memory in *data, cause memory leak issue, so free the memory if __security_read_policy failed. [PM: subject line tweak]
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fc1f72aad2070d34022d0823e4cf09706b53f25
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73de1befcc53a7c68b0c5e76b9b5ac41c517760f
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c877c5217145bda8fd95f506bf42f8d981afa57d
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3cd7562c0a6774fc62d79654482014020e574f5
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{
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nselinux: fix memleak in security_read_state_kernel()\n\nIn this function, it directly returns the result of __security_read_policy\nwithout freeing the allocated memory in *data, cause memory leak issue,\nso free the memory if __security_read_policy failed.\n\n[PM: subject line tweak]"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: selinux: corrige memleak en security_read_state_kernel() En esta funci\u00f3n, devuelve directamente el resultado de __security_read_policy sin liberar la memoria asignada en *data, lo que causa un problema de p\u00e9rdida de memoria, por lo que libera la memoria si __security_read_policy falla. [PM: ajuste de la l\u00ednea de asunto]"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2022-50201",
  "lastModified": "2025-06-18T13:47:40.833",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-06-18T11:15:50.810",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fc1f72aad2070d34022d0823e4cf09706b53f25"
    },
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73de1befcc53a7c68b0c5e76b9b5ac41c517760f"
    },
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c877c5217145bda8fd95f506bf42f8d981afa57d"
    },
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3cd7562c0a6774fc62d79654482014020e574f5"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}


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