CVE-2022-50748

ipc: mqueue: fix possible memory leak in init_mqueue_fs()

published December 24, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
13.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00235 · 13.7th percentile
Published
2025-12-24T13:05Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 DEC 13:05Z
    ipc: mqueue: fix possible memory leak in init_mqueue_fs()
    cvelistv5