CVE-2022-50510

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.4.229 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/smmuv3: Fix hotplug callback leak in arm_smmu_pmu_init() arm_smmu_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")

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 1.2%
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 draft

Affected Products (6)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.4.229
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 07, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026