CVE-2022-50416Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.55%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 18

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/wpcm450: Fix memory leak in wpcm450_aic_of_init() If of_iomap() failed, 'aic' should be freed before return. Otherwise there is a memory leak.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.135.15.86+2
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.4-1+2
CVEListV5linux/linuxfead4dd496631707549f414b4059afb86ea8fb80740efb64ca5e8f2b30ac843bc4ab07950479fed4+4
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.4-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2022-50416: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/wpcm450: Fix memory leak in wpcm450_aic_of_init() If of_iomap() failed, 'a2025-09-18
GHSA
GHSA-89m8-v85q-hc6r: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/wpcm450: Fix memory leak in wpcm450_aic_of_init() If of_iomap() failed,2025-09-18

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: irqchip/wpcm450: Fix memory leak in wpcm450_aic_of_init()2025-09-18
Debian
CVE-2022-50416: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/wpc...2022
CVE-2022-50416 — Linux vulnerability | cvebase