CVE-2022-50042 — net: genl: fix error path memory leak in policy dumping
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: genl: fix error path memory leak in policy dumping If construction of the array of policies fails when…
Published: 2025-06-18 · CVSS: Unscored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: genl: fix error path memory leak in policy dumping If construction of the array of policies fails when recording non-first policy we need to unwind. netlink_policy_dump_add_policy() itself also needs fixing as it currently gives up on error without recording the allocated pointer in the pstate pointer.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7