SB2025061947 - Memory leak in Linux kernel net driver
Published: June 19, 2025 Updated: June 21, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025061947
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-50065)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the receive_mergeable() function in drivers/net/virtio_net.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18e383afbd7047af7b055df6e25436e0ce28f8a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a542bee27c6a57e45c33cbbdc963325fd6493af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3723eab11196475ef83279571b2b0bd0924cf82
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faafa2a87f697ee537c29446097e1cc3143506fa
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.138