CVE-2022-49256

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A memory leak issue has been identified in the Linux kernel, specifically in the watch queue functionality. The free watch() function fails to properly free the watch object, leading to a memory leak. This issue can be detected by tools like kmemleak, which reports unreferenced objects. The memory leak occurs when the keyctl watch key() function allocates memory using kzalloc() but fails to free it properly.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.