CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-50420

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.15%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, in the hisilicon/hpre cryptographic driver, the hpre_remove() function may return directly after a failed sriov disable operation, leading to resource leak. The fix continues to release remaining resources even after an error.

Risk Assessment

Resource leak can lead to exhaustion of memory or other system resources, potentially affecting system stability.

Recommendation

Install an updated Linux kernel with the fix for the hisilicon/hpre driver.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: hisilicon/hpre - fix resource leak in remove process In hpre_remove(), when the disable operation of qm sriov failed, the following logic should continue to be executed to release the remaining resources that have been allocated, instead of returning directly, otherwise there will be resource leakage.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS