PT-2025-26127 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Published 2022-06-13 · Updated 2025-07-28 · CVE-2022-50201

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 memory leak issue was found in the Linux kernel, specifically in the security read state kernel() function. This function directly returns the result of security read policy without freeing the allocated memory in *data, causing a memory leak issue. The issue is resolved by freeing the memory if security read policy 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

BDU:2026-03107

CVE-2022-50201

RHSA-2023:6583

RHSA-2023_6583

SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02321-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02322-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1

SUSE-SU-2025:2264-1

SUSE-SU-2025_02264-1

SUSE-SU-2025_02537-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Debian

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 595

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50201.json · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50201 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3cd7562c0a6774fc62d79654482014020e574f5 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73de1befcc53a7c68b0c5e76b9b5ac41c517760f · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50201 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-03107 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50201 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50201 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50201 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50201 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c877c5217145bda8fd95f506bf42f8d981afa57d · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50201 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fc1f72aad2070d34022d0823e4cf09706b53f25 · Patch