PT-2025-37586 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Published 2022-12-11 · Updated 2026-04-20 · CVE-2022-50284

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 was identified in the init mqueue fs() function within the Linux kernel. Specifically, when the setup mq sysctls() function failed during the initialization process, the mqueue inode cachep was not released, leading to a memory leak. The issue was resolved by reordering the release path.

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

Exploit

Memory Leak

Improper Resource Release

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

CWE-404

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-05957

CVE-2022-50284

RHSA-2024:9315

RHSA-2024_9315

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

References · 20

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50284.json · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50284 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-50284 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28dad915abe46d38c5799a0c8130e9a2a1540385 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12b677f2c697d61e5ddbcb6c1650050a39392f54 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50284 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50284 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86273624a68d07f129dc182b8394f487ed4de484 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50284 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50284 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-05957 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50284 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50284 · Vendor Advisory
• https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.2 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-50284 · Note