CVE-2022-50046

In CVE-2022-50046, the Linux kernel fixes a memory-leak and potential NULL-dereference in net/sunrpc rpc_sysfs_xprt_state_change(): on error paths, xprt may fail to decrement the reference count of xps and may use an invalid xps. The issue arises because the function does not always handle errors...

kernel: net/sunrpc: fix reference count leaks in rpc_sysfs_xprt_state_change

A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s SunRpc filesystem sysfs. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system...