#VU120312 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50776
Published: December 26, 2025 / Updated: December 31, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU120312
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-2022-50776
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 st_of_quadfs_setup() function in drivers/clk/st/clkgen-fsyn.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/081538ae5817631a2b99e8e75cce981060aab29f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/335ef7546c77e63154d6ea4d603b11274a85900e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/713ad301c2d49e88fe586b57ebac8f220a98e162
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/adf6a00859d014cecf046dc91f75c0e65a544360
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be03875007621fcee96e6f9fd7b9e59c8dfcf6fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfd3ffb36f0d566846163118651d868e607300ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efd025f32fce27a8ada9bcb4731e8a84476e5b3d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0295209de457049a4a5f3e3985528391bd1ab34
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4731395d6db850127634197863aede188d8e9de
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.2