ghsa-9rc4-73xm-7x5m
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Published
2025-06-18 12:30
Modified
2025-06-18 12:30
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-50042"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
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    "github_reviewed_at": null,
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    "severity": null
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: genl: fix error path memory leak in policy dumping\n\nIf construction of the array of policies fails when recording\nnon-first policy we need to unwind.\n\nnetlink_policy_dump_add_policy() itself also needs fixing as\nit currently gives up on error without recording the allocated\npointer in the pstate pointer.",
  "id": "GHSA-9rc4-73xm-7x5m",
  "modified": "2025-06-18T12:30:44Z",
  "published": "2025-06-18T12:30:44Z",
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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