CVE-2022-50438 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedOct 1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hinic: fix memory leak when reading function table When the input parameter idx meets the expected case option in hinic_dbg_get_func_table(), read_data is not released. Fix it.

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_kernel5.10 — 5.10.153+3
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.158-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux5215e16244ee5889cc6135381acdbf4cbcb7905a — bb01910763f935b16538084b4269696e0de17f79+4
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.0.7-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2022-50438: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hinic: fix memory leak when reading function table When the input parameter i↗2025-10-01
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GHSA
GHSA-75wp-8gpw-f4fr: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hinic: fix memory leak when reading function table When the input parameter↗2025-10-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
kernel: net: hinic: fix memory leak when reading function table↗2025-10-01
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Debian
CVE-2022-50438: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hinic:...↗2022
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