CVE-2022-49366: 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: ksmbd: fix reference count leak in smb_check_perm_dacl() The issue happens in a specific path in smb_check_perm_dacl(). When "id" and "uid" have the same value, the function simply jumps out of the loop without decrementing the reference count of the object "posix_acls", which is increased by get_acl() earlier. This may result in memory leaks. Fix it by decreasing the reference count of "posix_acls" before jumping to label "check_access_bits".

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.15, before 5.15.47 (fixed in 5.15.47); from 5.16, before 5.17.15 (fixed in 5.17.15); from 5.18, before 5.18.4 (fixed in 5.18.4)

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