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CVE-2022-50707

kernel: virtio-crypto: fix memory leak in virtio_crypto_alg_skcipher_close_session()

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Severity

Unknown

Red Hat Product Security

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CVSS

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Published · December 24, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

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

virtio-crypto: fix memory leak in virtio_crypto_alg_skcipher_close_session()

'vc_ctrl_req' is alloced in virtio_crypto_alg_skcipher_close_session(), and should be freed in the invalid ctrl_status->status error handling case. Otherwise there is a memory leak.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CWE not specified