Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:4.18.0-477.36.1.el8_8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDOC-14856103
  • published4 Jan 2026
  • disclosed30 Dec 2025

Introduced: 30 Dec 2025

CVE-2022-50822  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-doc to version 0:4.18.0-477.36.1.el8_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:7539.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

RDMA/restrack: Release MR restrack when delete

The MR restrack also needs to be released when delete it, otherwise it cause memory leak as the task struct won't be released.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1