ghsa-hhpm-97gw-pcv3
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-06-18 12:30
Modified
2025-11-19 15:31
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

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

selinux: fix memleak in security_read_state_kernel()

In this function, it directly returns the result of __security_read_policy without freeing the allocated memory in *data, cause memory leak issue, so free the memory if __security_read_policy failed.

[PM: subject line tweak]

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-50201"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-401"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-06-18T11:15:50Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nselinux: fix memleak in security_read_state_kernel()\n\nIn this function, it directly returns the result of __security_read_policy\nwithout freeing the allocated memory in *data, cause memory leak issue,\nso free the memory if __security_read_policy failed.\n\n[PM: subject line tweak]",
  "id": "GHSA-hhpm-97gw-pcv3",
  "modified": "2025-11-19T15:31:30Z",
  "published": "2025-06-18T12:30:55Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50201"
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    },
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73de1befcc53a7c68b0c5e76b9b5ac41c517760f"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c877c5217145bda8fd95f506bf42f8d981afa57d"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3cd7562c0a6774fc62d79654482014020e574f5"
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  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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