CVE-2022-50748: ipc: mqueue: fix possible memory leak in init_mqueue_fs()

Deferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50748DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50748
Published 24-12-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50748 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Insufficient evidence

No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
0.24%
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 1
RHSA-2024:9315

Timeline

  1. 24-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipc: mqueue: fix possible memory leak in init_mqueue_fs() commit db7cfc380900 ("ipc: Free mq_sysctls if ipc namespace creation failed") Here's a similar memory leak to the one fixed by the patch above. retire_mq_sysctls need to be called when init_mqueue_fs fails after setup_mq_sysctls.

CVSS metrics

Risk metrics not yet published.

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

15%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.24% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

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ENISA CNW

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CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu113 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.0.3-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ dc55e35f9e810f23dd69cfdc91a3d636023f57a2, < a1f321051e0dcf2415fb94f81fdc5044cad4c1d6 | ≥ dc55e35f9e810f23dd69cfdc91a3d636023f57a2, < 55b3709c6d68e32cd3fdd2a630b1f4c97d51b17c | ≥ dc55e35f9e810f23dd69cfdc91a3d636023f57a2, < c579d60f0d0cd87552f64fdebe68b5d941d20309 | 5.19

3 vendors · 115 products

References

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