Memory Leak Affecting kernel-devel-matched package, versions <0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-KERNELDEVELMATCHED-10401658
  • published19 Jun 2025
  • disclosed18 Jun 2025

Introduced: 18 Jun 2025

CVE-2022-50042  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:9 kernel-devel-matched to version 0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-devel-matched package and not the kernel-devel-matched package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

net: genl: fix error path memory leak in policy dumping

If construction of the array of policies fails when recording non-first policy we need to unwind.

netlink_policy_dump_add_policy() itself also needs fixing as it currently gives up on error without recording the allocated pointer in the pstate pointer.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1