CVE-2022-24959
Moderate
CVE-2022-24959
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.16.5. There is a memory leak in yam_siocdevprivate in drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
February 11, 2022
Required by
Not available
Last source change
March 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-24959
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An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.16.5. There is a memory leak in yam_siocdevprivate in drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.5
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/29eb31542787e1019208a2e1047bb7c76c069536
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5092
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096