DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50391

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50391
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50391.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50391
Upstream
Published
2025-09-18T14:15:38Z
Modified
2025-09-19T09:04:47Z
Summary
[none]
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mempolicy: fix memory leak in setmempolicyhomenode system call When encountering any vma in the range with policy other than MPOLBIND or MPOLPREFERREDMANY, an error is returned without issuing a mpolput on the policy just allocated with mpoldup(). This allows arbitrary users to leak kernel memory.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.1.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.1.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.1.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}