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CVE-2022-49795

rethook: fix a potential memleak in rethook_alloc()

Medium5.5EPSS 0.17%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
Linux

Description

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) <[email protected]>

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2022-49795, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Analyzed3.1Medium5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.17% · top 94% 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

  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 54ecbe6f1ed5138c895bdff55608cf502755b20e – < cbc5d1f9a8cc40ba2bc6779b36d2ea1f65bc027c
    • affected 54ecbe6f1ed5138c895bdff55608cf502755b20e – < 0a1ebe35cb3b7aa1f4b26b37e2a0b9ae68dc4ffb

  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 5.18
    • unaffected < 5.18
    • unaffected 6.0.10 – ≤ 6.0.*
    • unaffected 6.1 – ≤ *

References (2)

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