CVE-2022-50376

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: orangefs: Fix kmemleak in orangefs_{kernel,client}_debug_init() When insert and remove the orangefs module, there are memory leaked as below: unreferenced object 0xffff88816b0cc000 (size 2048): comm "insmod", pid 783, jiffies 4294813439 (age 65.512s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 6e 6f 6e 65 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 none............ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<0000000031ab7788>] kmalloc_trace+0x27/0xa0 [<000000005b405fee>] orangefs_debugfs_init.cold+0xaf/0x17f [<00000000e5a0085b>] 0xffffffffa02780f9 [<000000004232d9f7>] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2a0 [<0000000054f22384>] do_init_module+0xdf/0x320 [<000000003263bdea>] load_module+0x2f98/0x3330 [<0000000052cd4153>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x113/0x1b0 [<00000000250ae02b>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 [<00000000f11c03c7>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 Use the golbal variable as the buffer rather than dynamic allocate to slove the problem.

5.5 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cd303aad220fafa595e0ed593e99aa51b90412b Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31720a2b109b3080eb77e97b8f6f50a27b4ae599 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/786e5296f9e3b045d5ff9098514ce7b8ba1d890d Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a076490b0211990ec6764328c22cb744dd782bd9 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdc2d33fa2324b1f5ab5b701cda45ee0b2384409 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8853267289c55b1acbe4dc3641374887584834d Patch
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

11 Dec 2025, 18:19

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-401
First Time Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cd303aad220fafa595e0ed593e99aa51b90412b - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cd303aad220fafa595e0ed593e99aa51b90412b - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31720a2b109b3080eb77e97b8f6f50a27b4ae599 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31720a2b109b3080eb77e97b8f6f50a27b4ae599 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/786e5296f9e3b045d5ff9098514ce7b8ba1d890d - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/786e5296f9e3b045d5ff9098514ce7b8ba1d890d - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a076490b0211990ec6764328c22cb744dd782bd9 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a076490b0211990ec6764328c22cb744dd782bd9 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdc2d33fa2324b1f5ab5b701cda45ee0b2384409 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdc2d33fa2324b1f5ab5b701cda45ee0b2384409 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8853267289c55b1acbe4dc3641374887584834d - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8853267289c55b1acbe4dc3641374887584834d - Patch

18 Sep 2025, 14:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2025-09-18 14:15

Updated : 2025-12-11 18:19

NVD link : CVE-2022-50376

Mitre link : CVE-2022-50376

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-50376

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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime