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CVE-2022-50372— cifs: Fix memory leak when build ntlmssp negotiate blob failed

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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于构建ntlmssp协商blob失败时未释放内存，可能导致内存泄漏。

AI Predicted 5.5 Difficulty: Easy EPSS 0.18% · P7

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1499 · Endpoint Denial of Service

Affected Version Matrix 6

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 49bd49f983b5026e4557d31c5d737d9657c4113e< fa5a70bdd5e565c8696fb04dfe18a4e8aff4695d affected
49bd49f983b5026e4557d31c5d737d9657c4113e< 30b2d7f8f13664655480d6af45f60270b3eb6736 affected
5.16 affected
< 5.16 unaffected
6.0.6≤ 6.0.* unaffected
6.1≤ * unaffected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2022-50372

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Vulnerability Title
cifs: Fix memory leak when build ntlmssp negotiate blob failed
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix memory leak when build ntlmssp negotiate blob failed There is a memory leak when mount cifs: unreferenced object 0xffff888166059600 (size 448): comm "mount.cifs", pid 51391, jiffies 4295596373 (age 330.596s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): fe 53 4d 42 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 82 00 .SMB@........... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<0000000060609a61>] mempool_alloc+0xe1/0x260 [<00000000adfa6c63>] cifs_small_buf_get+0x24/0x60 [<00000000ebb404c7>] __smb2_plain_req_init+0x32/0x460 [<00000000bcf875b4>] SMB2_sess_alloc_buffer+0xa4/0x3f0 [<00000000753a2987>] SMB2_sess_auth_rawntlmssp_negotiate+0xf5/0x480 [<00000000f0c1f4f9>] SMB2_sess_setup+0x253/0x410 [<00000000a8b83303>] cifs_setup_session+0x18f/0x4c0 [<00000000854bd16d>] cifs_get_smb_ses+0xae7/0x13c0 [<000000006cbc43d9>] mount_get_conns+0x7a/0x730 [<000000005922d816>] cifs_mount+0x103/0xd10 [<00000000e33def3b>] cifs_smb3_do_mount+0x1dd/0xc90 [<0000000078034979>] smb3_get_tree+0x1d5/0x300 [<000000004371f980>] vfs_get_tree+0x41/0xf0 [<00000000b670d8a7>] path_mount+0x9b3/0xdd0 [<000000005e839a7d>] __x64_sys_mount+0x190/0x1d0 [<000000009404c3b9>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 When build ntlmssp negotiate blob failed, the session setup request should be freed.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于构建ntlmssp协商blob失败时未释放内存，可能导致内存泄漏。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux 49bd49f983b5026e4557d31c5d737d9657c4113e ~ fa5a70bdd5e565c8696fb04dfe18a4e8aff4695d -
Linux Linux 5.16 -

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Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-09-17 · 56 CVEs total

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CVE-2023-53360 9.8 CRITICAL NFSv4.2: Rework scratch handling for READ_PLUS (again)
CVE-2022-50363 9.8 CRITICAL skmsg: pass gfp argument to alloc_sk_msg()
CVE-2022-50373 9.8 CRITICAL fs: dlm: fix race in lowcomms
CVE-2023-53358 8.8 HIGH ksmbd: fix racy issue under cocurrent smb2 tree disconnect
CVE-2022-50368 7.8 HIGH drm/msm/dsi: fix memory corruption with too many bridges
CVE-2022-50367 7.8 HIGH fs: fix UAF/GPF bug in nilfs_mdt_destroy
CVE-2023-53340 7.8 HIGH net/mlx5: Collect command failures data only for known commands
CVE-2022-50362 7.8 HIGH dmaengine: hisilicon: Add multi-thread support for a DMA channel
CVE-2023-53354 7.8 HIGH skbuff: skb_segment, Call zero copy functions before using skbuff frags
CVE-2022-50355 7.8 HIGH staging: vt6655: fix some erroneous memory clean-up loops
CVE-2022-50354 7.8 HIGH drm/amdkfd: Fix kfd_process_device_init_vm error handling
CVE-2023-53335 7.5 HIGH RDMA/cxgb4: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in pass_establish()
CVE-2022-50365 7.5 HIGH skbuff: Account for tail adjustment during pull operations
CVE-2022-50374 Bluetooth: hci_{ldisc,serdev}: check percpu_init_rwsem() failure
CVE-2022-50353 mmc: wmt-sdmmc: fix return value check of mmc_add_host()
CVE-2023-53337 nilfs2: do not write dirty data after degenerating to read-only
CVE-2022-50371 led: qcom-lpg: Fix sleeping in atomic
CVE-2022-50369 drm/vkms: Fix null-ptr-deref in vkms_release()
CVE-2022-50370 i2c: designware: Fix handling of real but unexpected device interrupts

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