Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50198
Published: June 19, 2025 / Updated: June 21, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111367
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-2022-50198
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 omap3xxx_prm_late_init() function in arch/arm/mach-omap2/prm3xxx.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-50198
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bf747824a8ca4008879fd7d2ce6b03d7b428858
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/942228fbf5d4901112178b93d41225be7c0dd9de
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4f92af7fc8cecb8eb426ad187e39c7bcc6679c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c652e0f51665f3fa575449909bbd9d7b45dfab1c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9ec7993d00250a394d367c8a19fcfe8211c258b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d294d60dc68550fee0fbbe8a638d798dcd40b2c5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5ab8a4967d68a8e9f8f4559d144207d085a8c02
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.18.18