CVE-2022-50637 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime6 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 89.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedDec 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: qcom-hw: Fix memory leak in qcom_cpufreq_hw_read_lut() If "cpu_dev" fails to get opp table in qcom_cpufreq_hw_read_lut(), the program will return, resulting in "table" resource is not released.

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Linuxlinux/linux_kernel5.9.0 — 5.10.163+3
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.178-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux51c843cf77bb52db6df947c4fedcfc62ae3b7b30 — 3ef12a4a8ef5553af9c3fd2719a616637a102568+5
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.4-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-3p55-pgh8-7x5v: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: qcom-hw: Fix memory leak in qcom_cpufreq_hw_read_lut() If "cpu_dev" fai↗2025-12-09
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OSV
CVE-2022-50637: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: qcom-hw: Fix memory leak in qcom_cpufreq_hw_read_lut() If "cpu_dev" fails↗2025-12-09
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OSV
cpufreq: qcom-hw: Fix memory leak in qcom_cpufreq_hw_read_lut()↗2025-12-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: cpufreq: qcom-hw: Fix memory leak in qcom_cpufreq_hw_read_lut()↗2025-12-09
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Debian
CVE-2022-50637: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: qc...↗2022
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