CVE-2022-49050 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Renesas RPC-IF driver, specifically affecting the memory management of platform devices. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), a local attacker could exploit this with low complexity to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) due to unreleased memory in an error path. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.9, < 5.10.112CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.11, < 5.15.35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.16, < 5.17.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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