PT-2025-26014 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Published 2023-05-09 · Updated 2025-11-18 · CVE-2022-50088

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A potential memory leak has been identified in the Linux kernel, specifically in the damon reclaim init() function. This issue arises when damon select ops() fails, causing the allocated memory chunk for ctx to not be released. To fix the memory leak, the ctx should be released with damon destroy ctx() when damon select ops() fails.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-50088

RHSA-2023:2458

RHSA-2023_2458

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

References · 15

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50088.json · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50088 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50088 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/700aa4e11a3c4d2a44d06758db431a013d9e1b61 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50088 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50088 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50088 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50088 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50088 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/188043c7f4f2bd662f2a55957d684fffa543e600 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d3e9e1e0856f4c905bbb870f16f42ae72477071 · Patch
• https://t.me/cveNotify/143131 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1935356194417230160 · Twitter Post
• https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025061859-CVE-2022-50088-32bf@gregkh/T · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git · Note