Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50352
Published: September 16, 2025 / Updated: September 22, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU115665
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-2022-50352
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 hnae_ae_register() function in drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hnae.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-50352
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02dc0db19d944b4a90941db505ecf1aaec714be4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2974f3b330ef25f5d34a4948d04290c2cd7802cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b78453cca046d3b03853f0d077ad3ad130db886
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ae1345f6ad715acbcdc9e1ac28153684fd498bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91f8f5342bee726ed5692583d58f69e7cc9ae60e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3c148955c22fe1d94d7a2096005679c1f22eddf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfc0337c6dceb6449403b33ecb141f4a1458a1e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff2f5ec5d009844ec28f171123f9e58750cef4bf
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.298
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.264
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.332
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.152
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.76
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.221
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0.6
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1