CVE-2022-50482 — Use of Uninitialized Resource in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 4
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu/vt-d: Clean up si_domain in the init_dmars() error path
A splat from kmem_cache_destroy() was seen with a kernel prior to
commit ee2653bbe89d ("iommu/vt-d: Remove domain and devinfo mempool")
when there was a failure in init_dmars(), because the iommu_domain
cache still had objects. While the mempool code is now gone, there
still is a leak of the si_domain memory if init_dmars() fails. So
clean up si_domain in the init_d…
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/linux86080ccc223aabf8d0b85a504f4f06aa88e82fb3 — 749bea542b67513e99240dc58bbfc099e842d508+7
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2OSV▶
CVE-2022-50482: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/vt-d: Clean up si_domain in the init_dmars() error path A splat from kmem_ca↗2025-10-04
GHSA▶
GHSA-3fh4-4hv7-69qh: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu/vt-d: Clean up si_domain in the init_dmars() error path
A splat from kmem_↗2025-10-04