CVE-2022-50201

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 36/100
Published: 2025-06-18 Modified: 2026-11-05 First seen: 2026-11-05 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: selinux: fix memleak in security_read_state_kernel() In this function, it directly returns the result of __security_read_policy without freeing the allocated memory in *data, cause memory leak issue, so free the memory if __security_read_policy failed. [PM: subject line tweak]

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (6)

VendorProductVersion
Linux Linux fdd1ffe8a812b1109388e4bc389e57b2695ad095 < c877c5217145bda8fd95f506bf42f8d981afa57d
Linux Linux fdd1ffe8a812b1109388e4bc389e57b2695ad095 < f3cd7562c0a6774fc62d79654482014020e574f5
Linux Linux fdd1ffe8a812b1109388e4bc389e57b2695ad095 < 1fc1f72aad2070d34022d0823e4cf09706b53f25
Linux Linux fdd1ffe8a812b1109388e4bc389e57b2695ad095 < 73de1befcc53a7c68b0c5e76b9b5ac41c517760f
Linux Linux 5.12
linux linux_kernel 5.12 – 5.15.61

Bug Bounty Relevance

36 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.24%
Raw Score 0.002450
Percentile 15.9%
Date 2026-11-05

Intelligence Sources

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