What is CVE-2022-24959?

CVE-2022-24959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-02-11.

How severe is CVE-2022-24959?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2022-24959

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.16.5. There is a memory leak in yam_siocdevprivate in drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c.

Published 2022-02-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (34.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 34.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux Kernel
Debian Linux — versions 9.0, 10.0, 11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.5 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/29eb31542787e1019208a2e1047bb7c76c069536 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5092 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-24959?: CVE-2022-24959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-02-11.
How severe is CVE-2022-24959?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.