CVE-2022-49938

MEDIUM

5.5

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix small mempool leak in SMB2_negotiate() In some cases of failure (dialect mismatches) in SMB2_negotiate(), after the request is sent, the checks would return -EIO when they should be rather setting rc = -EIO and jumping to neg_exit to free the response buffer from mempool.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.5

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published6/18/2025

Last Modified11/14/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

linux:linux_kernel

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-401

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27893dfc1285f80f80f46b3b8c95f5d15d2e66d0(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38a6b469bf22f153282fbe7d702a24e9eb43f50e(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e3c9efa7caf16e5acc05eab5e4d0a714e1610b0(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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