#VU116722 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50521
Published: October 8, 2025 / Updated: October 27, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116722
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2022-50521
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the mxm_wmi_call_mxds() and mxm_wmi_call_mxmx() functions in drivers/platform/x86/mxm-wmi.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14bb4bde3b7b2584734b13747b345caeeb41bea3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17cd8c46cbec4e6ad593fb9159928b8e7608c11a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/379e7794c5e7485193d25d73614fbbd1e1387f6f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cf81501356c9e898ad94b2369ffc805f83f7d7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50ac517d6f5348b276f1f663799cf85dce521518
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b0f81b0808235967868e01336c976e840217108
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/727cc0147f5066e359aca65cc6cc5e6d64cc15d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87426ce3bd57ad414b6e2436434ef8128986a9a5
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.2