#VU116353 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50434
Published: October 1, 2025 / Updated: October 27, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116353
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2022-50434
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the blk_mq_register_hctx() function in block/blk-mq-sysfs.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02bc8bc6eab03c84373281b85cb6e98747172ff7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33e8a3f61814ea30615d0fafaf50477975d6c1ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b7a21c57b14fbcd0e1729150189e5933f5088e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b7fafa5f39b15c3a6ca3b95e534d05d6904cc95
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/654870789c3c1b9763316ef1c71d7a449127b175
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87fd18016a47ea8ae12641377a390172c4aa97a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb186eb47fb9dd327bdefa15f0c5fc55c53a40dd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8022da1fa2fdf2fa204b445dd3354e7a66d085a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eff45bfbc25a2509a6362dea6e699e14083c693c
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.86