{"cve":"CVE-2022-49938","nvd":{"published":"2025-06-18T11:15:20.683","modified":"2026-06-17T05:19:34.737","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncifs: fix small mempool leak in SMB2_negotiate()\n\nIn some cases of failure (dialect mismatches) in SMB2_negotiate(), after\nthe request is sent, the checks would return -EIO when they should be\nrather setting rc = -EIO and jumping to neg_exit to free the response\nbuffer from mempool.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27893dfc1285f80f80f46b3b8c95f5d15d2e66d0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38a6b469bf22f153282fbe7d702a24e9eb43f50e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e3c9efa7caf16e5acc05eab5e4d0a714e1610b0"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:03:23.287444849+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49938","score":0.0018,"percentile":0.07582,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}