CVE-2022-50707 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2022-50707

virtio-crypto: fix memory leak in virtio_crypto_alg_skcipher_close_session()

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio-crypto: fix memory leak in virtio_crypto_alg_skcipher_close_session() 'vc_ctrl_req' is alloced in virtio_crypto_alg_skcipher_close_session(), and should be freed in the invalid ctrl_status->status error handling case. Otherwise there is a memory leak.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
4ee475e76b5ea8061970a7c867ffa5eedeb39580, 0756ad15b1fef287d4d8fa11bc36ea77a5c42e4a, 5.19, 0, 6.0.19, 6.1.5, 6.2

Timeline

Official Publish: December 24th, 2025
Last Modified: May 11th, 2026
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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