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CVE-2022-50201

kernel: selinux: fix memleak in security_read_state_kernel()

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · June 18, 2025

Updated · July 22, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

selinux: fix memleak in security_read_state_kernel()

In this function, it directly returns the result of __security_read_policy without freeing the allocated memory in *data, cause memory leak issue, so free the memory if __security_read_policy failed.

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CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE not specified