CVE-2022-50515 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 7
Latest updateApr 18
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdgpu: Fix memory leak in hpd_rx_irq_create_workqueue()
If construction of the array of work queues to handle hpd_rx_irq offload
work fails, we need to unwind. Destroy all the created workqueues and
the allocated memory for the hpd_rx_irq_offload_work_queue struct array.
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/linuxe980e1d978e0eb4c0399cff37f175779237db53b — 3ba3814c00a4817eb1cd31eff08d921c40e5f3a4+4
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3VulDB▶
Linux Kernel up to 5.15.74/5.19.16/6.0.2 amdgpu hpd_rx_irq_create_workqueue memory leak (WID-SEC-2025-2229)↗2026-04-18
OSV▶
CVE-2022-50515: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: Fix memory leak in hpd_rx_irq_create_workqueue() If construction of th↗2025-10-07
GHSA▶
GHSA-j8m4-xwqw-4xqw: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdgpu: Fix memory leak in hpd_rx_irq_create_workqueue()
If construction of↗2025-10-07