Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50143
Published: June 19, 2025 / Updated: June 21, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111290
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-2022-50143
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 intel_th_pci_probe() function in drivers/hwtracing/intel_th/pci.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-50143
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/086c28ab7c5699256aced0049aae9c42f1410313
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/859342220accd0d332864fafbf4e3d2d0492bc3f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b5469573a274729bdb04b60a8d71f8d09940a31
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8f3b78b1f8e959d06801ae82149f140a75724e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed4d5ecb7d7fd80336afb2f9ac6685651a6aa32f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fae9da7d4c2ccad3792de03e3cac1fe2bfabb73d
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19.2