CVE-2022-50074

low-risk
Published 2025-06-18

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: Fix memleak in aa_simple_write_to_buffer() When copy_from_user failed, the memory is freed by kvfree. however the management struct and data blob are allocated independently, so only kvfree(data) cause a memleak issue here. Use aa_put_loaddata(data) to fix this issue.

Do I need to act?

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0.02% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (6)

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/417ea9fe972d2654a268ad66e89c8fcae67017c3
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6500eb3a48ac221051b1791818a1ac74744ef617
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6583edbf459de2e06b9759f264c0ae27e452b97a
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7db182a2ebeefded86fea542fcc5d6a68bb77f58
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8aab4295582eb397a125d2788b829fa62b88dbf7
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf7ebebce2c25071c719fd8a2f1307e0c243c2d7
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal