# CVE-2022-50348: nfsd: Fix a memory leak in an error handling path

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-09-16 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: Fix a memory leak in an error handling path If this memdup_user() call fails, the memory allocated in a previous call a few lines above should be freed. Otherwise it leaks.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acc393aecda05bf64ed13b732931462e07a1bf08
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e060c4b9f33c1fca74df26d57a98e784295327e6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aed8816305575b38dcc77feb6f1bc1d0ed32f5b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/733dd17158f96aaa25408dc39bbb2738fda9300e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc3bca2110ac85cd964da997ef83d84cab0d49fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd1ef88049de09bc70d60b549992524cfc0e66ff

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