Improper resource shutdown or release in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50423
Published: October 1, 2025 / Updated: October 27, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116340
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-2022-50423
CWE-ID: CWE-404
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 failure to properly release resources within the acpi_ut_copy_ipackage_to_ipackage() function in drivers/acpi/acpica/utcopy.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-50423
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01f2c2052ea50fb9a8ce12e4e83aed0267934ef0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02617006b5a46f2ea55ac61f5693c7afd7bf9276
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02f237423c9c6a18e062de2d474f85d5659e4eb9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/133462d35dae95edb944af86b986d4c9dec59bd1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/470188b09e92d83c5a997f25f0e8fb8cd2bc3469
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fde666278f91b85d71545a0ebbf41d8d7af8074
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9125b643fc51b8e662f2f614096ceb45a0adbc3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfdde4d5138bc023897033a5ac653a84e94805be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f51b2235e4f320edc839c3e5cb0d1f8a6e8657c6
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0.16