{"cve":"CVE-2022-50201","nvd":{"published":"2025-06-18T11:15:50.810","modified":"2026-06-17T05:22:57.877","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nselinux: fix memleak in security_read_state_kernel()\n\nIn this function, it directly returns the result of __security_read_policy\nwithout freeing the allocated memory in *data, cause memory leak issue,\nso free the memory if __security_read_policy failed.\n\n[PM: subject line tweak]","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/1fc1f72aad2070d34022d0823e4cf09706b53f25","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73de1befcc53a7c68b0c5e76b9b5ac41c517760f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c877c5217145bda8fd95f506bf42f8d981afa57d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3cd7562c0a6774fc62d79654482014020e574f5"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:03:23.287444849+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50201","score":0.00245,"percentile":0.15824,"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."]}