5.5

CVE-2022-50376: orangefs: Fix kmemleak in orangefs_{kernel,client}_debug_init()

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50376DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50376
Published 18-09-2025Last modified 15-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50376 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.3% 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
0.16%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 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 4 · Related 4
SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1SUSE-SU-2025:3716-1SUSE-SU-2025:3761-1

Timeline

  1. 18-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: orangefs: Fix kmemleak in orangefs_{kernel,client}_debug_init() When insert and remove the orangefs module, there are memory leaked as below: unreferenced object 0xffff88816b0cc000 (size 2048): comm "insmod", pid 783, jiffies 4294813439 (age 65.512s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 6e 6f 6e 65 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 none............ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<0000000031ab7788>] kmalloc_trace+0x27/0xa0 [<000000005b405fee>] orangefs_debugfs_init.cold+0xaf/0x17f [<00000000e5a0085b>] 0xffffffffa02780f9 [<000000004232d9f7>] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2a0 [<0000000054f22384>] do_init_module+0xdf/0x320 [<000000003263bdea>] load_module+0x2f98/0x3330 [<0000000052cd4153>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x113/0x1b0 [<00000000250ae02b>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 [<00000000f11c03c7>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 Use the golbal variable as the buffer rather than dynamic allocate to slove the problem.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

5%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.16% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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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.

Ubuntu121 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-144.161 | < 5.15.0-69.76
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1097.105 | < 5.15.0-1033.37
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 274dcf55bd4ab12af1cc1d3b77416285bef8ebf4, < bdc2d33fa2324b1f5ab5b701cda45ee0b2384409 | ≥ 274dcf55bd4ab12af1cc1d3b77416285bef8ebf4, < a076490b0211990ec6764328c22cb744dd782bd9 | ≥ 274dcf55bd4ab12af1cc1d3b77416285bef8ebf4, < c8853267289c55b1acbe4dc3641374887584834d | ≥ 274dcf55bd4ab12af1cc1d3b77416285bef8ebf4, < 786e5296f9e3b045d5ff9098514ce7b8ba1d890d | ≥ 274dcf55bd4ab12af1cc1d3b77416285bef8ebf4, < 0cd303aad220fafa595e0ed593e99aa51b90412b | ≥ 274dcf55bd4ab12af1cc1d3b77416285bef8ebf4, < 31720a2b109b3080eb77e97b8f6f50a27b4ae599 | 4.6
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.6, < 5.4.229 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.163 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.86 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.16 | ≥ 6.1, < 6.1.2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.4-1

3 vendors · 124 products

References

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