Memory Leak Affecting kernel-tools-libs package, versions <0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELTOOLSLIBS-14113804
  • published26 Nov 2025
  • disclosed26 Feb 2025

Introduced: 26 Feb 2025

CVE-2022-49627  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-tools-libs to version 0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20518-0.

NVD Description

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

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

ima: Fix potential memory leak in ima_init_crypto()

On failure to allocate the SHA1 tfm, IMA fails to initialize and exits without freeing the ima_algo_array. Add the missing kfree() for ima_algo_array to avoid the potential memory leak.

CVSS Base Scores

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