Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50547
Published: October 8, 2025 / Updated: October 27, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116705
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-50547
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the solo_sysfs_init() function in drivers/media/pci/solo6x10/solo6x10-core.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2022-50547
Install update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 6.0.16
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49060c0da57a381563e482e331dc9d4c3725b41b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b02c50d3978840781808e13bc13137fb81286b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cf71bbe5d2ee12613f6e278888f5fc9c5c0cc2b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f5866dd96d95b74e439f6ee17b8abd8195179fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83d4b1ae98a47a739fa5241300b86eb1110d5d63
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9416861170ba0da8ddb0f4fd2d28334f0ed3b9c2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/963729538674be4cb8fa292529ecf32de0d6c6dd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b61509093e1af69e336a094d439b8e1137cb40d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6db105bcfbdbbbd484e788a0ddf8140a4a8c486
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0.16