PT-2025-8072 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Pavel Begunkov · Published 2025-02-26 · Updated 2025-04-14 · CVE-2022-49144

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 has been identified in the Linux kernel related to io uring, specifically in the io sqe files scm() function. The issue occurs when there are no files to process, resulting in the function freeing everything and returning without properly handling the uid.

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-2022-49144

SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1

SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1

SUSE-SU-2025_1241-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linux Kernel

Suse

References · 1301

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49144.json · Exploit
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b27de7011cb3ba14b047be2cee0ed8278368665b · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0853bd6885c2f293d88aaa7f7f1702c959b31680 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c86d18f4aa93e0e66cda0e55827cd03eea6bc5f8 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6d7a517e81accf6ed22d55684baea763d2dbe43 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49144 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fa8b228c3f30060b9f4b24bb9aaaf41b0ae83fe · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49144 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-49144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49144 · Vendor Advisory