PT-2025-7985
CVE-2022-49057
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Published
2022-04-13
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Updated
2025-09-29
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A issue in the Linux kernel has been identified where a poll request is not completed when it times out, causing the request to be leaked and never completed. This occurs because when a poll request is timed out, it is removed from the poll list but not completed.
Recommendations
For the Linux kernel, fix the issue by ending the poll request in the timeout handler.
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