CVE-2022-50525 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.44%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedOct 7
Latest updateApr 19

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/fsl_pamu: Fix resource leak in fsl_pamu_probe() The fsl_pamu_probe() returns directly when create_csd() failed, leaving irq and memories unreleased. Fix by jumping to error if create_csd() returns error.

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_kernel3.12 — 4.9.337+7
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.178-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux695093e38c3ef63fcb43a2840ed865efa20671d5 — c93983230562883e0b5f122040efbb3d478c36d4+9
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.4-1 (bookworm)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
VulDB
Linux Kernel up to 6.1.1 iommu fsl_pamu_probe memory leak (Nessus ID 270266 / WID-SEC-2025-2229)↗2026-04-19
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OSV
CVE-2022-50525: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/fsl_pamu: Fix resource leak in fsl_pamu_probe() The fsl_pamu_probe() returns↗2025-10-07
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GHSA
GHSA-7xx4-26g9-3j94: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/fsl_pamu: Fix resource leak in fsl_pamu_probe() The fsl_pamu_probe() retur↗2025-10-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: iommu/fsl_pamu: Fix resource leak in fsl_pamu_probe()↗2025-10-07
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Debian
CVE-2022-50525: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/fsl_p...↗2022
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