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CVE-2022-49566
crypto: qat - fix memory leak in RSA
Medium5.5EPSS 0.26%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: qat - fix memory leak in RSA When an RSA key represented in form 2 (as defined in PKCS #1 V2.1) is used, some components of the private key persist even after the TFM is released. Replace the explicit calls to free the buffers in qat_rsa_exit_tfm() with a call to qat_rsa_clear_ctx() which frees all buffers referenced in the TFM context.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.26% · top 82% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 879f77e9071f029e1c9bd5a75814ecf51370f846 – < a843925e0287eebb4aa808666bf22c664dfe4c53
- affected 879f77e9071f029e1c9bd5a75814ecf51370f846 – < 0f967fdc09955221a1951a279481b0bf4d359941
- affected 879f77e9071f029e1c9bd5a75814ecf51370f846 – < 80a52e1ee7757b742f96bfb0d58f0c14eb6583d0
- affected 4.8
- unaffected < 4.8
- unaffected 5.15.58 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 5.18.15 – ≤ 5.18.*
- unaffected 5.19 – ≤ *
References (3)
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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