CVE-2022-50537

Published: Oct 7, 2025Modified: Feb 26, 2026

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: firmware: raspberrypi: fix possible memory leak in rpi_firmware_probe() In rpi_firmware_probe(), if mbox_request_channel() fails, the 'fw' will not be freed through rpi_firmware_delete(), fix this leak by calling kfree() in the error path.

Affected (4)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

1 product

Configuration A

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.10.65 to 5.10.163
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.13 to 5.15.86
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.16 to 6.0.16
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.1 to 6.1.2

Related CWEs

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 (6)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62ac943eb2a9d655e431b9bc98ff6d7bd51a0e49

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6757dd2193fe18c5c5fe3050e7f2ff9dcbd1ff34

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71d2abab374f707ab8ac8dcef191fd2b3b67b8bd

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b51161696e803fd5f9ad55b20a64c2df313f95c

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b308fdedef095aac14569f810d46edf773ea7d1e

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d34742245e4366579f9a80f8cfe4a63248e838e0

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

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