CVE-2022-50820Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux

Severity
3.3LOW
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.73%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 30

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/arm_dmc620: Fix hotplug callback leak in dmc620_pmu_init() dmc620_pmu_init() won't remove the callback added by cpuhp_setup_state_multi() when platform_driver_register() failed. Remove the callback by cpuhp_remove_multi_state() in fail path. Similar to the handling of arm_ccn_init() in commit 26242b330093 ("bus: arm-ccn: Prevent hotplug callback leak")

Affected Packages4 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel5.11.05.15.86+2
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.4-1+2
CVEListV5linux/linux53c218da220c3619b5befec4674ffa35d590092ab99fbe8d949a99fe456f08c7aad421327685aa50+4
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.4-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-ww88-vgr6-ghr7: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/arm_dmc620: Fix hotplug callback leak in dmc620_pmu_init() dmc620_pmu_init(2025-12-30
OSV
CVE-2022-50820: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/arm_dmc620: Fix hotplug callback leak in dmc620_pmu_init() dmc620_pmu_init()2025-12-30
OSV
perf/arm_dmc620: Fix hotplug callback leak in dmc620_pmu_init()2025-12-30

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: perf/arm_dmc620: Fix hotplug callback leak in dmc620_pmu_init()2025-12-30
Debian
CVE-2022-50820: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/arm_dm...2022

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2022-50820 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz