Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50751
Published: December 26, 2025 / Updated: December 31, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU120323
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-50751
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the configfs_create_dir() and configfs_create_link() functions in fs/configfs/dir.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-50751
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07f82dca112262b169bec0001378126439cab776
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74ac7c9ee2d486c501e7864c903f5098fc477acd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bc77754224a2c8581727ffe2e958119b4e27c8f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90c38f57a821499391526b15cc944c265bd24e48
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c65234b283a65cfbfc94619655e820a5e55199eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c72eb6e6e49a71f7598740786568fafdd013a227
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.2