CVE-2022-50043

Medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fix potential refcount leak in ndisc_router_discovery() The issue happens on specific paths in the function. After both the object `rt` and `neigh` are grabbed successfully, when `lifetime` is nonzero but the metric needs change, the function just deletes the route and set `rt` to NULL. Then, it may try grabbing `rt` and `neigh` again if above conditions hold. The function simply overwrite `neigh` if succeeds or returns if fails, without decreasing the reference count of previous `neigh`. This may result in memory leaks. Fix it by decrementing the reference count of `neigh` in place.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedJun 18, 2025
First seenJun 18, 2025

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel5.12 ≤ v < 5.15.63, 5.16 ≤ v < 5.19.4, 6.05.15.63, 5.19.4

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