#VU115328 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50278
Published: September 16, 2025 / Updated: September 22, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU115328
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-2022-50278
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 pnp_alloc_dev() function in drivers/pnp/core.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/110d7b0325c55ff3620073ba4201845f59e22ebf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f50c7497a5f89de0c31f2edf086af41ff834320
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/290dd73b943c95c006df973257076ff163adf4d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/693a0c13c1f0c0fcaa1e38cb806cc0789bd415aa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81b024df4755e6bb6993b786584eca6eabbb9791
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbcf772216aa237036cc3ae3158288d0a95aaf4d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c12b314bb23dc0c83e03402cc84574700947e3b2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dac87e295cddc8ab316cff14ab2071b5221d84fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea77b4b761cd75e5456f677311babfa0418f289a
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.337