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CVE-2022-50521

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Published: Oct 7, 2025Modified: Mar 17, 2026

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5.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: mxm-wmi: fix memleak in mxm_wmi_call_mx[ds|mx]() The ACPI buffer memory (out.pointer) returned by wmi_evaluate_method() is not freed after the call, so it leads to memory leak. The method results in ACPI buffer is not used, so just pass NULL to wmi_evaluate_method() which fixes the memory leak.

Affected (7)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel
Linux
1 product
Linux Kernel
Configuration A
7 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Linux
Linux Kernel
From 3.0 to 4.14.303
Linux Kernel
From 4.15 to 4.19.270
Linux Kernel
From 4.20 to 5.4.229
Linux Kernel
From 5.11 to 5.15.86
Linux Kernel
From 5.16 to 6.0.16
Linux Kernel
From 5.5 to 5.10.163
Linux Kernel
From 6.1 to 6.1.2

Related CWEs

CWE-401
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.

References (8)

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