CVE-2022-50316

MEDIUM
Published Sep 15, 2025 Modified Dec 3, 2025 CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: orangefs: Fix kmemleak in orangefs_sysfs_init() When insert and remove the orangefs module, there are kobjects memory leaked as below: unreferenced object 0xffff88810f95af00 (size 64): comm "insmod", pid 783, jiffies 4294813439 (age 65.512s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): a0 83 af 01 81 88 ff ff 08 af 95 0f 81 88 ff ff ................ 08 af 95 0f 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<0000000031ab7788>] kmalloc_trace+0x27/0xa0 [<000000005a6e4dfe>] orangefs_sysfs_init+0x42/0x3a0 [<00000000722645ca>] 0xffffffffa02780fe [<000000004232d9f7>] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2a0 [<0000000054f22384>] do_init_module+0xdf/0x320 [<000000003263bdea>] load_module+0x2f98/0x3330 [<0000000052cd4153>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x113/0x1b0 [<00000000250ae02b>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 [<00000000f11c03c7>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 unreferenced object 0xffff88810f95ae80 (size 64): comm "insmod", pid 783, jiffies 4294813439 (age 65.512s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): c8 90 0f 02 81 88 ff ff 88 ae 95 0f 81 88 ff ff ................ 88 ae 95 0f 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<0000000031ab7788>] kmalloc_trace+0x27/0xa0 [<000000001a4841fa>] orangefs_sysfs_init+0xc7/0x3a0 [<00000000722645ca>] 0xffffffffa02780fe [<000000004232d9f7>] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2a0 [<0000000054f22384>] do_init_module+0xdf/0x320 [<000000003263bdea>] load_module+0x2f98/0x3330 [<0000000052cd4153>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x113/0x1b0 [<00000000250ae02b>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 [<00000000f11c03c7>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 unreferenced object 0xffff88810f95ae00 (size 64): comm "insmod", pid 783, jiffies 4294813440 (age 65.511s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 60 87 a1 00 81 88 ff ff 08 ae 95 0f 81 88 ff ff `............... 08 ae 95 0f 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<0000000031ab7788>] kmalloc_trace+0x27/0xa0 [<000000005915e797>] orangefs_sysfs_init+0x12b/0x3a0 [<00000000722645ca>] 0xffffffffa02780fe [<000000004232d9f7>] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2a0 [<0000000054f22384>] do_init_module+0xdf/0x320 [<000000003263bdea>] load_module+0x2f98/0x3330 [<0000000052cd4153>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x113/0x1b0 [<00000000250ae02b>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 [<00000000f11c03c7>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 unreferenced object 0xffff88810f95ad80 (size 64): comm "insmod", pid 783, jiffies 4294813440 (age 65.511s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 78 90 0f 02 81 88 ff ff 88 ad 95 0f 81 88 ff ff x............... 88 ad 95 0f 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<0000000031ab7788>] kmalloc_trace+0x27/0xa0 [<000000007a14eb35>] orangefs_sysfs_init+0x1ac/0x3a0 [<00000000722645ca>] 0xffffffffa02780fe [<000000004232d9f7>] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2a0 [<0000000054f22384>] do_init_module+0xdf/0x320 [<000000003263bdea>] load_module+0x2f98/0x3330 [<0000000052cd4153>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x113/0x1b0 [<00000000250ae02b>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 [<00000000f11c03c7>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 unreferenced object 0xffff88810f95ac00 (size 64): comm "insmod", pid 783, jiffies 4294813440 (age 65.531s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): e0 ff 67 02 81 88 ff ff 08 ac 95 0f 81 88 ff ff ..g............. 08 ac 95 0f 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<0000000031ab7788>] kmalloc_trace+0x27/0xa0 [<000000001f38adcb>] orangefs_sysfs_init+0x291/0x3a0 [<00000000722645ca>] 0xffffffffa02780fe [<000000004232d9f7>] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2a0 [<0000000054f22384>] do_init_module+0xdf/0x320 [<000000003263bdea>] load_module+0x2f98/0x3330 [<0000000052cd4153>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x113/0x1b0 [<00000000250ae02b>] do_syscall_64+0x35/ ---truncated---

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CVSS v3.1 Score

5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-401 CWE-401

Affected Products

Vendor Product
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-50316? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: orangefs: Fix kmemleak in orangefs_sysfs_init() When insert and remove the orangefs module, there are kobjects memory leaked as below: unreferenced object 0xffff88810f95af00 (size 64): comm "insmod", pid 783, jiffies 4294813439 (age 65.512s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): a0 83 af 01 81 88 ff ff 08 af 95 0f 81 88 ff ff ................ 08 af 95 0f 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<0000000031ab7788>] kmalloc_trace+0x27/0xa0 [<000000005a6e4dfe>] orangefs_sysfs_init+0x42/0x3a0 [<00000000722645ca>] 0xffffffffa02780fe [<000000004232d9f7>] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2a0 [<0000000054f22384>] do_init_module+0xdf/0x320 [<000000003263bdea>] load_module+0x2f98/0x3330 [<0000000052cd4153>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x113/0x1b0 [<00000000250ae02b>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 [<00000000f11c03c7>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 unreferenced object 0xffff88810f95ae80 (size 64): comm "insmod", pid 783, jiffies 4294813439 (age 65.512s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): c8 90 0f 02 81 88 ff ff 88 ae 95 0f 81 88 ff ff ................ 88 ae 95 0f 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<0000000031ab7788>] kmalloc_trace+0x27/0xa0 [<000000001a4841fa>] orangefs_sysfs_init+0xc7/0x3a0 [<00000000722645ca>] 0xffffffffa02780fe [<000000004232d9f7>] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2a0 [<0000000054f22384>] do_init_module+0xdf/0x320 [<000000003263bdea>] load_module+0x2f98/0x3330 [<0000000052cd4153>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x113/0x1b0 [<00000000250ae02b>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 [<00000000f11c03c7>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 unreferenced object 0xffff88810f95ae00 (size 64): comm "insmod", pid 783, jiffies 4294813440 (age 65.511s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 60 87 a1 00 81 88 ff ff 08 ae 95 0f 81 88 ff ff `............... 08 ae 95 0f 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<0000000031ab7788>] kmalloc_trace+0x27/0xa0 [<000000005915e797>] orangefs_sysfs_init+0x12b/0x3a0 [<00000000722645ca>] 0xffffffffa02780fe [<000000004232d9f7>] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2a0 [<0000000054f22384>] do_init_module+0xdf/0x320 [<000000003263bdea>] load_module+0x2f98/0x3330 [<0000000052cd4153>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x113/0x1b0 [<00000000250ae02b>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 [<00000000f11c03c7>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 unreferenced object 0xffff88810f95ad80 (size 64): comm "insmod", pid 783, jiffies 4294813440 (age 65.511s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 78 90 0f 02 81 88 ff ff 88 ad 95 0f 81 88 ff ff x............... 88 ad 95 0f 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<0000000031ab7788>] kmalloc_trace+0x27/0xa0 [<000000007a14eb35>] orangefs_sysfs_init+0x1ac/0x3a0 [<00000000722645ca>] 0xffffffffa02780fe [<000000004232d9f7>] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2a0 [<0000000054f22384>] do_init_module+0xdf/0x320 [<000000003263bdea>] load_module+0x2f98/0x3330 [<0000000052cd4153>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x113/0x1b0 [<00000000250ae02b>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 [<00000000f11c03c7>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 unreferenced object 0xffff88810f95ac00 (size 64): comm "insmod", pid 783, jiffies 4294813440 (age 65.531s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): e0 ff 67 02 81 88 ff ff 08 ac 95 0f 81 88 ff ff ..g............. 08 ac 95 0f 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<0000000031ab7788>] kmalloc_trace+0x27/0xa0 [<000000001f38adcb>] orangefs_sysfs_init+0x291/0x3a0 [<00000000722645ca>] 0xffffffffa02780fe [<000000004232d9f7>] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2a0 [<0000000054f22384>] do_init_module+0xdf/0x320 [<000000003263bdea>] load_module+0x2f98/0x3330 [<0000000052cd4153>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x113/0x1b0 [<00000000250ae02b>] do_syscall_64+0x35/ ---truncated--- It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).
How severe is CVE-2022-50316? +
CVE-2022-50316 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.5 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance.
What products are affected by CVE-2022-50316? +
CVE-2022-50316 affects products from linux, specifically: linux_kernel. Check the affected products table above for specific version ranges.
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2022-50316? +
You can use Secably's free Website Scanner to check your website for known vulnerabilities. For infrastructure scanning, use the Port Scanner to identify exposed services that may be affected. Check the vendor advisories linked above for specific patch and version information.

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