CVE-2022-49795
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CVE-2022-49795 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rethook: fix a potential memleak in rethook_alloc() In rethook_alloc(), the variable rh is not freed or passed out if handler is NULL, which could lead to a memleak, fix it. [Masami: Add "rethook:" tag to the title.] Acke-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rethook: fix a potential memleak in rethook_alloc() In rethook_alloc(), the variable rh is not freed or passed out if handler is NULL, which could lead to a memleak, fix it. [Masami: Add "rethook:" tag to the title.] Acke-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 5.18, < 6.0.10 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 6.1 | Rc1 |
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