In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/mempolicy: fix memory leak in set_mempolicy_home_node system call
When encountering any vma in the range with policy other than MPOL_BIND or
MPOL_PREFERRED_MANY, an error is returned without issuing a mpol_put on
the policy just allocated with mpol_dup().
This allows arbitrary users to leak kernel memory.
mm/mempolicy: fix memory leak in set_mempolicy_home_node system call
When encountering any vma in the range with policy other than MPOL_BIND or
MPOL_PREFERRED_MANY, an error is returned without issuing a mpol_put on
the policy just allocated with mpol_dup().
This allows arbitrary users to leak kernel memory.
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Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:45:00 +0000
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Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mempolicy: fix memory leak in set_mempolicy_home_node system call When encountering any vma in the range with policy other than MPOL_BIND or MPOL_PREFERRED_MANY, an error is returned without issuing a mpol_put on the policy just allocated with mpol_dup(). This allows arbitrary users to leak kernel memory. | |
Title | mm/mempolicy: fix memory leak in set_mempolicy_home_node system call | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-09-18T13:33:10.768Z
Reserved: 2025-09-17T14:53:06.998Z
Link: CVE-2022-50391

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Status : Received
Published: 2025-09-18T14:15:38.127
Modified: 2025-09-18T14:15:38.127
Link: CVE-2022-50391

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