PT-2025-37618 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2022-01-01 · Updated 2026-05-26 · CVE-2022-50316

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 The Linux kernel contains a memory leak within the orangefs sysfs init() function when the orangefs module is inserted and removed. This results in unreferenced kobjects leaking memory. The backtrace information indicates the issue occurs during module initialization and removal processes.

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-2022-50316

Affected Products

Debian

Linux Kernel

References · 18

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50316.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-50316 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-50316 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50316 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50316 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ce4ba7fff5af36da82dc5964221367630621b99 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50316 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50316 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22409490294180c39be7dd0e5b2667d41556307d · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50316 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50316 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f2c0e8a587bcafad85019a2d80f158d8d41a868 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50316 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1967608550693409053 · Twitter Post