CVE-2022-49144: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: fix memory leak of uid in files registration When there are no files for __io_sqe_files_scm() to process in the range, it'll free everything and return. However, it forgets to put uid.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.5, before 5.10.110 (fixed in 5.10.110); from 5.11, before 5.15.33 (fixed in 5.15.33); from 5.16, before 5.16.19 (fixed in 5.16.19); from 5.17, before 5.17.2 (fixed in 5.17.2)

Published 2025-02-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.