5.5

CVE-2022-49627: ima: Fix potential memory leak in ima_init_crypto()

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49627DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49627
Published 26-02-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49627 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 6
RHSA-2025:20518SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1SUSE-SU-2025:1194-1SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1

Timeline

  1. 26-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ima: Fix potential memory leak in ima_init_crypto() On failure to allocate the SHA1 tfm, IMA fails to initialize and exits without freeing the ima_algo_array. Add the missing kfree() for ima_algo_array to avoid the potential memory leak.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.27% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu94 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-50.56
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1021.25
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 6d94809af6b0830c4dfcad661535a5939bcb8a7d, < c1d9702ceb4a091da6bee380627596d1fba09274 | ≥ 6d94809af6b0830c4dfcad661535a5939bcb8a7d, < 601ae26aa2802a4c10c94d7388a99eabdbefab2b | ≥ 6d94809af6b0830c4dfcad661535a5939bcb8a7d, < 830de9667b3ada0a75a3f098dfc7159709fe397b | ≥ 6d94809af6b0830c4dfcad661535a5939bcb8a7d, < 067d2521874135267e681c19d42761c601d503d6 | 5.8
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.8, < 5.10.132 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.56 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.18.13 | 5.19:rc1 | 5.19:rc2 | 5.19:rc3 | 5.19:rc4 | 5.19:rc5 | 5.19:rc6
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.18.14-1

3 vendors · 97 products

References

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