Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50343
Published: September 17, 2025 / Updated: September 22, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU115671
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-2022-50343
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 rio_setup_device() function in drivers/rapidio/rio-scan.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-50343
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b4676f274a6b5d001176f15d0542100bbf4b59a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/440afd7fd9b164fdde6fc9da8c47d3d7f20dcce8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80fad2e53eaed2b3a2ff596575f65669e13ceda5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85fbf58b15c09d3a6a03098c1e42ebfe9002f39d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88fa351b20ca300693a206ccd3c4b0e0647944d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c413f65011ff8caffabcde0e1c3ceede48a48d6f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c482cb0deb57924335103fe592c379a076d867f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec3f04f74f50d0b6bac04d795c93c2b852753a7a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9574cd48679926e2a569e1957a5a1bcc8a719ac
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.303
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.270
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.337
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.163
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.86
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.229
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0.16
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.2
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.2