Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50523
Published: October 8, 2025 / Updated: October 27, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116719
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-2022-50523
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 rockchip_clk_register_pll() function in drivers/clk/rockchip/clk-pll.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-50523
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20201c3a0a32f127fa4bdf379d6ac01c2978702d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26b94635f1c84d7f6cb482179125cb17e59c90a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b0a1f1247cd42ac5e0d369f8dbb58762692edee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/739a6a6bbdb793bd57938cb24aa5a6df89983546
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86e1e080ad14c5fb6c14a5f0eb530b1b38cbc968
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcd4ba068b194c6ef0071491aa3f12bec8c14d5b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f02c1d8dc8d880cbaaf9094b4f396fe868ee23ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2ffb8653ea85ae39ce44347751fcc4c3e41f6bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4d70c139d313948e02360304a6cbcd3a4f5deb5
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.163