GHSA-8f72-j8x6-xm9m

GHSA-8f72-j8x6-xm9m PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published March 14, 2025

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: fix memory leak of uid in files registration When there are no files for __io_sqe_files_scm() to process in the range, it'll free everything and return. However, it forgets to put uid.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

5.5

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

Timeline

Mar 14, 2025 CVE Published
Apr 10, 2026 Security Advisory

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References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0853bd6885c2f293d88aaa7f7f1702c959b31680 url
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b27de7011cb3ba14b047be2cee0ed8278368665b url
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6d7a517e81accf6ed22d55684baea763d2dbe43 url
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49144 advisory
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fa8b228c3f30060b9f4b24bb9aaaf41b0ae83fe url
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c86d18f4aa93e0e66cda0e55827cd03eea6bc5f8 url

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