CVE-2022-50466

fs/binfmt_elf: Fix memory leak in load_elf_binary()

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:23 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/binfmt_elf: Fix memory leak in load_elf_binary() There is a memory leak reported by kmemleak: unreferenced object 0xffff88817104ef80 (size 224): comm "xfs_admin", pid 47165, jiffies 4298708825 (age 1333.476s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 60 a8 b3 00 81 88 ff ff a8 10 5a 00 81 88 ff ff `.........Z..... backtrace: [<ffffffff819171e1>] __alloc_file+0x21/0x250 [<ffffffff81918061>] alloc_empty_file+0x41/0xf0 [<ffffffff81948cda>] path_openat+0xea/0x3d30 [<ffffffff8194ec89>] do_filp_open+0x1b9/0x290 [<ffffffff8192660e>] do_open_execat+0xce/0x5b0 [<ffffffff81926b17>] open_exec+0x27/0x50 [<ffffffff81a69250>] load_elf_binary+0x510/0x3ed0 [<ffffffff81927759>] bprm_execve+0x599/0x1240 [<ffffffff8192a997>] do_execveat_common.isra.0+0x4c7/0x680 [<ffffffff8192b078>] __x64_sys_execve+0x88/0xb0 [<ffffffff83bbf0a5>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 If "interp_elf_ex" fails to allocate memory in load_elf_binary(), the program will take the "out_free_ph" error handing path, resulting in "interpreter" file resource is not released. Fix it by adding an error handing path "out_free_file", which will release the file resource when "interp_elf_ex" failed to allocate memory.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.775.16 ≤ v < 6.0.75.7 ≤ v < 5.10.1535.7 ≤ v < 5.15.775.7 ≤ v < 6.0.75.7 ≤ v < 6.15.76.1 rc16.1 rc2693ffebcfe5ac7b31f63ad54587007f7d96fb7b
Vendor states this is fixed in 265b6fb780f57d10449a40e94219b28fa52479cc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 594d2a14f2168c09b13b114c3d457aa939403e52 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 706215300411d48db6b51a5832b872632a84bbc1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in acd9b4914f1c5928c7ae8ebc623d6291eb1a573a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.153 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.77 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-401

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