CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-50479

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a potential memory leak was found in the drm/amd driver. The issue occurs when the function returns NULL at the end, leaving allocated memory for clk_src unreleased. The fix replaces free with kfree.

Risk Assessment

Memory leak may lead to gradual exhaustion of system resources, potentially causing system instability or denial of service over time.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version that includes the fix for this issue.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd: fix potential memory leak This patch fix potential memory leak (clk_src) when function run into last return NULL. s/free/kfree/ - Alex

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