PT-2025-8553

CVE-2022-49620

Published

2022-06-29

Updated

2025-04-16

Description by

CVSS 4.0

5.7

Medium

MetricsAV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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

Description A potential refcount leak issue has been identified in the Linux kernel, specifically in the tipc sk create() function. This issue can occur when the tipc sk insert() function fails, resulting in a possible memory leak. The leak is fixed by freeing the socket (sk) in case of failure.

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

Exploitability

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Weakness enumeration

CWE-664: Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime

CWE-911: Improper Update of Reference Count

Related identifiers

CVE-2022-49620

BDU:2026-02229