CVE-2022-50416 — Missing 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
Affected products
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
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxfead4dd496631707549f414b4059afb86ea8fb80 — 740efb64ca5e8f2b30ac843bc4ab07950479fed4+4
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2OSV▶
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, 'a↗2025-09-18
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