CVE-2022-50463 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 1
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/52xx: Fix a resource leak in an error handling path
The error handling path of mpc52xx_lpbfifo_probe() has a request_irq()
that is not balanced by a corresponding free_irq().
Add the missing call, as already done in the remove function.
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/linux3c9059d79f5eea6b8b75ddac97693127c3c41db4 — be9caf2c936f15a9c3f9111e62bdde6357312f90+9
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-qv32-5j3w-f77q: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/52xx: Fix a resource leak in an error handling path
The error handling p↗2025-10-01
OSV▶
CVE-2022-50463: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/52xx: Fix a resource leak in an error handling path The error handling pat↗2025-10-01