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CVE-2022-50042

Published: Jun 18, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: genl: fix error path memory leak in policy dumping If construction of the array of policies fails when recording non-first policy we need to unwind. netlink_policy_dump_add_policy() itself also needs fixing as it currently gives up on error without recording the allocated pointer in the pstate pointer.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
50a896cf2d6f34e884a00139d6e6012c9833ace3 - < 83411c9f05d5a8b637293b3389eca3d378197c04
affected
50a896cf2d6f34e884a00139d6e6012c9833ace3 - < b0672895d8be5d19d4b05ac83f807026fc791037
affected
50a896cf2d6f34e884a00139d6e6012c9833ace3 - < 26b6acd365823e99e46be3b27500f5dc235dda5e
affected
50a896cf2d6f34e884a00139d6e6012c9833ace3 - < 249801360db3dec4f73768c502192020bfddeacc

Linux

Linux

affected
5.10
unaffected
0 - < 5.10
unaffected
5.10.138 - <= 5.10.*
unaffected
5.15.63 - <= 5.15.*
unaffected
5.19.4 - <= 5.19.*

+1 more versions

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