Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-50707

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.

Published · last modified .

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (8.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 8.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-50707: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 4ee475e76b5ea8061970a7c867ffa5eedeb39580, 0756ad15b1fef287d4d8fa11bc36ea77a5c42e4a, 5.19

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