Name: CVE-2022-50284: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2022-50284, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.00157

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipc: fix memory leak in init_mqueue_fs()

When setup_mq_sysctls() failed in init_mqueue_fs(), mqueue_inode_cachep is not released. In order to fix this issue, the release path is reordered.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade linux	Sep 17, 2025	Sep 17, 2025
Redhat_linux	—	No solution existsUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-rt	Nov 14, 2025	Sep 15, 2025

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CVSS Details

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