Memory Leak Affecting kernel-default-base package, versions <5.14.21-150500.55.113.1.150500.6.53.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-KERNELDEFAULTBASE-10727225
  • published12 Jul 2025
  • disclosed10 Jul 2025

Introduced: 10 Jul 2025

CVE-2022-50027  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-default-base to version 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1.150500.6.53.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-base package and not the kernel-default-base package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

scsi: lpfc: Fix possible memory leak when failing to issue CMF WQE

There is no corresponding free routine if lpfc_sli4_issue_wqe fails to issue the CMF WQE in lpfc_issue_cmf_sync_wqe.

If ret_val is non-zero, then free the iocbq request structure.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1