CVE-2022-50395
Moderate
integrity: Fix memory leakage in keyring allocation error path
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: integrity: Fix memory leakage in keyring allocation error path Key restriction is allocated in integrity_init_keyring(). However, if keyring allocation failed, it is not freed, causing memory leaks.
Exploit probability
0.1%
Published
September 18, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-50395
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: integrity: Fix memory leakage in keyring allocation error path Key restriction is allocated in integrity_init_keyring(). However, if keyring allocation failed, it is not freed, causing memory leaks.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29d6c69ba4b96a1de0376e44e5f8b38b13ec8803
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39419ef7af0916cc3620ecf1ed42d29659109bf3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bd737289c26be3cee4b9afaf61ef784a2af9d6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57e49ad12f8f5df0c48e1710c54b147a05a10c32
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b7c44885a07c5ee7f9bf3aa3c9c72fb110c8d22
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c591c48842f08d30ec6b8416757831985ed9a315
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50395.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50395