#VU111298 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50122
Published: June 19, 2025 / Updated: June 21, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111298
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2022-50122
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the mt8173_rt5650_dev_probe() function in sound/soc/mediatek/mt8173/mt8173-rt5650.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06ace427953f5036b64aed658f0055f65d76fd27
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/403d46971936f9f704b91cecffe66e44aa39e915
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ec83aa7a9e5bcca80ccd49978916feb4e0ffc07
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79f566907d27abbd7600cebe51def5081d5796b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/994f2edeeb2114bb22b62741cb8fb030fc7e5441
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e024a24fb264523149658c10c76bb363b3d0004d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e38e4952ac7a316c9002af30980d6aa850214474
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efe2178d1a32492f99e7f1f2568eea5c88a85729
- 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