CVE-2022-49795
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · CWE-401
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rethook: fix a potential memleak in rethook_alloc() In rethook_alloc(), the variable rh is not freed or passed out if handler is NULL, which could lead to a memleak, fix it. [Masami: Add "rethook:" tag to the title.] Acke-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a1ebe35cb3b7aa1f4b26b37e2a0b9ae68dc4ffb ↗