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CVE-2022-49938 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix small mempool leak in SMB2_negotiate() In some cases of failure (dialect mismatches) in SMB2_negotiate(), after the request is sent, the checks would return -EIO when they should be rather setting rc = -EIO and jumping to neg_exit to free the response buffer from mempool.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27893dfc1285f80f80f46b3b8c95f5d15d2e66d0 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38a6b469bf22f153282fbe7d702a24e9eb43f50e kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e3c9efa7caf16e5acc05eab5e4d0a714e1610b0 kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-49938
NVD Published Date:
06/18/2025
NVD Last Modified:
06/18/2025
Source:
kernel.org