CVE-2022-50264
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BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-09-15
Last updated on: 2025-12-02
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
clk: socfpga: Fix memory leak in socfpga_gate_init()
Free @socfpga_clk and @ops on the error path to avoid memory leak issue.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.1 (inc) to 5.4.229 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.5 (inc) to 5.10.163 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.11 (inc) to 5.15.86 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.16 (inc) to 6.0.16 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.1 (inc) to 6.1.2 (exc) |
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Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-401 | The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse. |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a memory leak issue in the Linux kernel related to the socfpga clock driver. Specifically, the socfpga_gate_init() function did not properly free allocated memory on error paths, which could lead to a memory leak. The fix involves freeing the @socfpga_clk and @ops objects to prevent this leak.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The memory leak could cause increased memory usage over time, potentially leading to degraded system performance or instability if the affected code path is triggered repeatedly.
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