{
  "cveId": "CVE-2022-50466",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50466",
  "summary": "CVE-2022-50466 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50466, released October 1, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.",
  "title": "linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  fs/binfmt_elf: Fix memory leak in load_elf_binar...",
  "description": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:  fs/binfmt_elf: Fix memory leak in load_elf_binary()  There is a memory leak reported by kmemleak:    unreferenced object 0xffff88817104ef80 (size 224):     comm \u0022xfs_admin\u0022, pid 47165, jiffies 4298708825 (age 1333.476s)     hex dump (first 32 bytes):       00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................       60 a8 b3 00 81 88 ff ff a8 10 5a 00 81 88 ff ff  \u0060.........Z.....     backtrace:       [\u003Cffffffff819171e1\u003E] __alloc_file\u002B0x21/0x250       [\u003Cffffffff81918061\u003E] alloc_empty_file\u002B0x41/0xf0       [\u003Cffffffff81948cda\u003E] path_openat\u002B0xea/0x3d30       [\u003Cffffffff8194ec89\u003E] do_filp_open\u002B0x1b9/0x290       [\u003Cffffffff8192660e\u003E] do_open_execat\u002B0xce/0x5b0       [\u003Cffffffff81926b17\u003E] open_exec\u002B0x27/0x50       [\u003Cffffffff81a69250\u003E] load_elf_binary\u002B0x510/0x3ed0       [\u003Cffffffff81927759\u003E] bprm_execve\u002B0x599/0x1240       [\u003Cffffffff8192a997\u003E] do_execveat_common.isra.0\u002B0x4c7/0x680       [\u003Cffffffff8192b078\u003E] __x64_sys_execve\u002B0x88/0xb0       [\u003Cffffffff83bbf0a5\u003E] do_syscall_64\u002B0x35/0x80  If \u0022interp_elf_ex\u0022 fails to allocate memory in load_elf_binary(), the program will take the \u0022out_free_ph\u0022 error handing path, resulting in \u0022interpreter\u0022 file resource is not released.  Fix it by adding an error handing path \u0022out_free_file\u0022, which will release the file resource when \u0022interp_elf_ex\u0022 failed to allocate memory.",
  "published": "2025-10-01T12:15:40Z",
  "severity": "medium",
  "cvss": 5.5,
  "cvssVector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
  "epss": 0.00159,
  "epssPercentile": 0.05075,
  "priority": "Routine",
  "priorityTier": 4,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "linux",
      "release": "Debian 12.15 (bookworm)",
      "fixedVersion": "6.0.7-1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50466",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2022-50466",
      "released": "2025-10-01T12:15:40Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "linux",
      "release": "Debian 13.5 (trixie)",
      "fixedVersion": "6.0.7-1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50466",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2022-50466",
      "released": "2025-10-01T12:15:40Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "linux",
      "release": "Debian 14",
      "fixedVersion": "6.0.7-1",
      "fix": "DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50466",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/debian-cve-2022-50466",
      "released": "2025-10-01T12:15:40Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-08T06:59:42Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
    "terms": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data"
  }
}