CVE-2022-50046

high
Published 2023-05-09 · Modified 2023-05-09
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sunrpc: fix potential memory leaks in rpc_sysfs_xprt_state_change() The issue happens on some error handling paths. When the function fails to grab the object `xprt`, it simply returns 0, forgetting to decrease the reference count of another object `xps`, which is increased by rpc_sysfs_xprt_kobj_get_xprt_switch(), causing refcount leaks. Also, the function forgets to check whether `xps` is valid before using it, which may result in NULL-dereferencing issues. Fix it by adding proper error handling code when either `xprt` or `xps` is NULL.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50046

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50046.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: redhat — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2458

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
redhat rhel9fixed
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed6.0.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed6.0.2-1
debian debiansidfixed6.0.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed6.0.2-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.