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GHSA-X893-HX2H-44HG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-15 15:31 – Updated: 2025-12-03 21:30

Details

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

ipc: fix memory leak in init_mqueue_fs()

When setup_mq_sysctls() failed in init_mqueue_fs(), mqueue_inode_cachep is not released. In order to fix this issue, the release path is reordered.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2022-50284 (GCVE-0-2022-50284)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-15 14:21 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:16

Title

ipc: fix memory leak in init_mqueue_fs()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipc: fix memory leak in init_mqueue_fs() When setup_mq_sysctls() failed in init_mqueue_fs(), mqueue_inode_cachep is not released. In order to fix this issue, the release path is reordered.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86273624a68d07f12…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28dad915abe46d38c…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12b677f2c697d61e5…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: dc55e35f9e810f23dd69cfdc91a3d636023f57a2 , < 86273624a68d07f129dc182b8394f487ed4de484 (git) Affected: dc55e35f9e810f23dd69cfdc91a3d636023f57a2 , < 28dad915abe46d38c5799a0c8130e9a2a1540385 (git) Affected: dc55e35f9e810f23dd69cfdc91a3d636023f57a2 , < 12b677f2c697d61e5ddbcb6c1650050a39392f54 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.19 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.19 (semver) Unaffected: 6.0.16 , ≤ 6.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.2 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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CVE-2022-50284 (GCVE-0-2022-50284)

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