An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.16.5. There is a memory leak in yam_siocdevprivate in drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c.
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/29eb31542787e1019208a2e1047bb7c76c069536
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.5
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html
Source: MITRE
Published: 2022-02-11
Updated: 2022-05-11
Type: CWE-401
Base Score: 2.1
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Impact Score: 2.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: LOW
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: MEDIUM