CVE-2022-50724Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 89.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 24

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: regulator: core: fix resource leak in regulator_register() I got some resource leak reports while doing fault injection test: OF: ERROR: memory leak, expected refcount 1 instead of 100, of_node_get()/of_node_put() unbalanced - destroy cset entry: attach overlay node /i2c/pmic@64/regulators/buck1 unreferenced object 0xffff88810deea000 (size 512): comm "490-i2c-rt5190a", pid 253, jiffies 4294859840 (age 5061.046s) hex dump (fi

Affected Packages4 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel5.5.05.10.163+4
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.178-1+3
CVEListV5linux/linux0120ec32a7774b5061ced1a9a7ff833edd8b4cb635593d60b1622834984c43add7646d4069671aa9+11
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.4-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
CVE-2022-50724: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: regulator: core: fix resource leak in regulator_register() I got some resource lea2025-12-24
GHSA
GHSA-wr64-83w3-wr39: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: regulator: core: fix resource leak in regulator_register() I got some resource l2025-12-24
OSV
regulator: core: fix resource leak in regulator_register()2025-12-24

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: Linux kernel: Resource leak in regulator_register can cause system unavailability2025-12-24
Debian
CVE-2022-50724: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: regulator: ...2022

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2022-50724 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz