Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50141
Published: June 19, 2025 / Updated: June 21, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111291
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-2022-50141
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 esdhc_signal_voltage_switch() function in drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-esdhc.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-50141
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/352377cf74710bc3368dddf78f17210dfe456933
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c472a2c9ed6ea9d272268d7f484d4303c549f1a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/547db1dd98d1815574ebea7358015a17199a93bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b902840f6a3584f702bcb59834691b30f3d7c5a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a63d5d01e83b984b1b9c7ae8fc9c8c93697a3820
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b074f1e8060836baeb0ee91181f4194b9a0ee16a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b305475df756256a186623f0991d05a816de881a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5899a3e2f783a27b268e38d37f9b24c71bddf45
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.291
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.256
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.137
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.61
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.18.18
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19.2
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.211
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0