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CVE-2022-49144

MEDIUM 5.5

io_uring: fix memory leak of uid in files registration

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: fix memory leak of uid in files registration When there are no files for __io_sqe_files_scm() to process in the range, it'll free everything and return. However, it forgets to put uid.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Technology
Published Feb 26, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
08a451739a9b5783f67de51e84cb6d9559bb9dc4 < b27de7011cb3ba14b047be2cee0ed8278368665b 08a451739a9b5783f67de51e84cb6d9559bb9dc4 < 0853bd6885c2f293d88aaa7f7f1702c959b31680 08a451739a9b5783f67de51e84cb6d9559bb9dc4 < d6d7a517e81accf6ed22d55684baea763d2dbe43 08a451739a9b5783f67de51e84cb6d9559bb9dc4 < 7fa8b228c3f30060b9f4b24bb9aaaf41b0ae83fe 08a451739a9b5783f67de51e84cb6d9559bb9dc4 < c86d18f4aa93e0e66cda0e55827cd03eea6bc5f8
Linux / Linux
5.5

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b27de7011cb3ba14b047be2cee0ed8278368665b git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0853bd6885c2f293d88aaa7f7f1702c959b31680 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6d7a517e81accf6ed22d55684baea763d2dbe43 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fa8b228c3f30060b9f4b24bb9aaaf41b0ae83fe git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c86d18f4aa93e0e66cda0e55827cd03eea6bc5f8