Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50510
Published: October 8, 2025 / Updated: October 26, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU116725
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-2022-50510
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 function in drivers/perf/arm_smmuv3_pmu.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-50510
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/359286f886feef38536eaa7e673dc3440f03b0a1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/582babe17ea878ec1d76f30e03f3a6ce6e30eb91
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f2d566b46436a50a80d6445e82879686b89588c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b131304fe722853cf26e55c4fa21fc58a36e7f21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d69bdb61d577297d3851fc9f6403574bf73ef41f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f245ca9a0fe7f794a8187ad803d5e2ced5a11cb2
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0.16