Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50645
Published: December 10, 2025 / Updated: December 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU119680
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-2022-50645
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 pci_get_dev_wrapper() function in drivers/edac/i10nm_base.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-50645
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1adb2583cdbd75f379e3230a43a7412d373d499f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2db53c7059167b63cc790366ef1a9e286e71980b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e255dc21031cc1f341584eb99a7f31598bf0be7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c8921555907f4d723f01ed2d859b66f2d14f08e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6e295a434d1c917a017980389aec88bf35cc81b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f29c2f57cdf7a57223dcd9fbaa2261faab5234b2
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.2