Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting kernel-tools-libs-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLSLIBSDEVEL-12852563
  • published17 Sept 2025
  • disclosed16 Sept 2025

Introduced: 16 Sep 2025

CVE-2022-50348  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools-libs-devel to version 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:7077.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-libs-devel package and not the kernel-tools-libs-devel 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:

nfsd: Fix a memory leak in an error handling path

If this memdup_user() call fails, the memory allocated in a previous call a few lines above should be freed. Otherwise it leaks.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1