CVE-2022-50521

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

07/10/2025

Last modified:

04/02/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: mxm-wmi: fix memleak in mxm_wmi_call_mx[ds|mx]() The ACPI buffer memory (out.pointer) returned by wmi_evaluate_method() is not freed after the call, so it leads to memory leak. The method results in ACPI buffer is not used, so just pass NULL to wmi_evaluate_method() which fixes the memory leak.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

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::::::::	3.0 (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

CVE-2022-50521

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools