Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50158
Published: June 18, 2025 / Updated: June 21, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111282
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-50158
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the parse_redboot_of() function in drivers/mtd/parsers/redboot.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-50158
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55d0f7da66dec93c4d53d0886a1555618079a900
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ec48ac18d8f9e002ce9bfbad32741086739e499
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ea607579d300b2f7fc997f3dd20949114565fcd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f7e62815cf3cbbcb1b8cb21649fb4dfdb3aa016
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e24af43d0cbe9f6aaa413c15ccce50bbbfd61e0e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3cc27198c5d78cdda60a55ae749f815cd1fe5eb
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.211