Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-49144 - Memory Leak vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: fix memory leak of uid in files registration When there are no files for __io_sqe_files_scm() to process in the range, it'll free everything and return. However, it forgets to put uid.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0853bd6885c2f293d88aaa7f7f1702c959b31680
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fa8b228c3f30060b9f4b24bb9aaaf41b0ae83fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b27de7011cb3ba14b047be2cee0ed8278368665b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c86d18f4aa93e0e66cda0e55827cd03eea6bc5f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6d7a517e81accf6ed22d55684baea763d2dbe43