CVE-2022-50529
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
07/10/2025
Last modified:
05/02/2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
test_firmware: fix memory leak in test_firmware_init()<br />
<br />
When misc_register() failed in test_firmware_init(), the memory pointed<br />
by test_fw_config->name is not released. The memory leak information is<br />
as follows:<br />
unreferenced object 0xffff88810a34cb00 (size 32):<br />
comm "insmod", pid 7952, jiffies 4294948236 (age 49.060s)<br />
hex dump (first 32 bytes):<br />
74 65 73 74 2d 66 69 72 6d 77 61 72 65 2e 62 69 test-firmware.bi<br />
6e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 n...............<br />
backtrace:<br />
[] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x4b/0xc0<br />
[] kstrndup+0x46/0xc0<br />
[] __test_firmware_config_init+0x29/0x380 [test_firmware]<br />
[] 0xffffffffa040f068<br />
[] do_one_initcall+0x141/0x780<br />
[] do_init_module+0x1c3/0x630<br />
[] load_module+0x623e/0x76a0<br />
[] __do_sys_finit_module+0x181/0x240<br />
[] do_syscall_64+0x39/0xb0<br />
[] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.14 (including) | 4.14.303 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.15 (including) | 4.19.270 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.20 (including) | 5.4.229 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.5 (including) | 5.10.163 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.11 (including) | 5.15.86 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.16 (including) | 6.0.16 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.1 (including) | 6.1.2 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04dd47a2e169f2d4489636afa07ff0469aab49ab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b5a89e8bce1ea43687742b4de8e216189ff94ac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/357379d504c0c8b0834e206ad8c49e4b3c98ed4d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/628de998a3abfffb3f9677d2fb39a1d5dcb32fdb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dd5fbd243f19f087dc79481acb7d69fb57fea2c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7610615e8cdb3f6f5bbd9d8e7a5d8a63e3cabf2e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d8c1d6a430f0aadb80036e2b1bc0a05f9fad247
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed5cbafaf7ce8b86f19998c00eb020c8d49b017f



