CVE-2022-50761 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.1%
top 79.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 24
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/xen: Fix memory leak in xen_init_lock_cpu()
In xen_init_lock_cpu(), the @name has allocated new string by kasprintf(),
if bind_ipi_to_irqhandler() fails, it should be freed, otherwise may lead
to a memory leak issue, fix it.
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux2d9e1e2f58b5612aa4eab0ab54c84308a29dbd79 — 9278bdbb566656b3704704f8dd6cbc24a6fcc569+9
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-9498-f72m-xmv4: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/xen: Fix memory leak in xen_init_lock_cpu()
In xen_init_lock_cpu(), the @nam↗2025-12-24
OSV▶
CVE-2022-50761: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/xen: Fix memory leak in xen_init_lock_cpu() In xen_init_lock_cpu(), the @name↗2025-12-24