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CVE-2022-50577

UNKNOWN 0.0

ima: Fix memory leak in __ima_inode_hash()

CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ima: Fix memory leak in __ima_inode_hash() Commit f3cc6b25dcc5 ("ima: always measure and audit files in policy") lets measurement or audit happen even if the file digest cannot be calculated. As a result, iint->ima_hash could have been allocated despite ima_collect_measurement() returning an error. Since ima_hash belongs to a temporary inode metadata structure, declared at the beginning of __ima_inode_hash(), just add a kfree() call if ima_collect_measurement() returns an error different from -ENOMEM (in that case, ima_hash should not have been allocated).

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Product linux
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Published Oct 22, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
280fe8367b0dc45b6ac5e04fad03e16e99540c0c < c4df8cb38f139ed9f4296868c0a6f15a26e8c491 280fe8367b0dc45b6ac5e04fad03e16e99540c0c < f375bcf69f58fd0744c9dfd1b6b891a27301d67b 280fe8367b0dc45b6ac5e04fad03e16e99540c0c < 8c1d6a050a0f16e0a9d32eaf53b965c77279c6f8
Linux / Linux
5.18

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4df8cb38f139ed9f4296868c0a6f15a26e8c491 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f375bcf69f58fd0744c9dfd1b6b891a27301d67b git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c1d6a050a0f16e0a9d32eaf53b965c77279c6f8