CVE-2022-50707
virtio-crypto: fix memory leak in virtio_crypto_alg_skcipher_close_session()
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio-crypto: fix memory leak in virtio_crypto_alg_skcipher_close_session() 'vc_ctrl_req' is alloced in virtio_crypto_alg_skcipher_close_session(), and should be freed in the invalid ctrl_status->status error handling case. Otherwise there is a memory leak.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Deferred.
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.20% · top 90% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.
Affected products
- affected 4ee475e76b5ea8061970a7c867ffa5eedeb39580 – < 79026a2d0a1b080257773d22a493f9bcab8c65be
- affected 0756ad15b1fef287d4d8fa11bc36ea77a5c42e4a – < 67fb59ff1384e338679c0eb7a43c83ce8868c9fa
- affected 0756ad15b1fef287d4d8fa11bc36ea77a5c42e4a – < 0871df190fe6723464efe0f493d476411616f553
- affected 0756ad15b1fef287d4d8fa11bc36ea77a5c42e4a – < b1d65f717cd6305a396a8738e022c6f7c65cfbe8
- affected 5.19
- unaffected < 5.19
- unaffected 6.0.19 – ≤ 6.0.*
- unaffected 6.1.5 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.2 – ≤ *
References (4)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79026a2d0a1b080257773d22a493f9bcab8c65be (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67fb59ff1384e338679c0eb7a43c83ce8868c9fa (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0871df190fe6723464efe0f493d476411616f553 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1d65f717cd6305a396a8738e022c6f7c65cfbe8 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- 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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