CVE-2022-50463

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.9.337 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/52xx: Fix a resource leak in an error handling path The error handling path of mpc52xx_lpbfifo_probe() has a request_irq() that is not balanced by a corresponding free_irq(). Add the missing call, as already done in the remove function.

References (9)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0accd460dc7bbe5f55e41a8867c63db9d07b3ec8

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40b4be399e0db7073dec5a0de5ca9994f7e31e58

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5836947613ef33d311b4eff6a32d019580a214f5

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bf842ffdd216b9f94d5b051b5d8b815f2426538

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be9caf2c936f15a9c3f9111e62bdde6357312f90

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbda93665a3857324f5c79e45769a83c78183199

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4002f293e5b44e57d2930513cca0dff32249812

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4ad0a7f0e78d65d38921ab2bef234e49be78b10

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb3ef6a5af4b003502c940ea50c0f55b06ebbfc9

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 2.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Affected Products (9)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.9.337

linux/Kernel < 4.9.337linux

linux/Kernel < 4.14.303linux

linux/Kernel < 4.19.270linux

linux/Kernel < 5.4.229linux

linux/Kernel < 5.10.163linux

linux/Kernel < 5.15.86linux

linux/Kernel < 6.0.16linux

linux/Kernel < 6.1.2linux

Timeline

Published Oct 01, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026