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FKIE_CVE-2022-50748

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-24 13:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:24
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipc: mqueue: fix possible memory leak in init_mqueue_fs() commit db7cfc380900 ("ipc: Free mq_sysctls if ipc namespace creation failed") Here's a similar memory leak to the one fixed by the patch above. retire_mq_sysctls need to be called when init_mqueue_fs fails after setup_mq_sysctls.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55b3709c6d68e32cd3fdd2a630b1f4c97d51b17c
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1f321051e0dcf2415fb94f81fdc5044cad4c1d6
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c579d60f0d0cd87552f64fdebe68b5d941d20309
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T05:24:06.657",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-12-24T13:16:01.517",
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  "vulnStatus": "Deferred"
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