CVE-2022-50420
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-10-01
Last updated on: 2025-12-11
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.5 (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 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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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a resource leak in the Linux kernel's crypto module for hisilicon/hpre. Specifically, in the hpre_remove() function, if the disable operation of qm sriov fails, the function should continue executing the logic to release allocated resources instead of returning immediately. Failing to do so causes resource leakage.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The resource leak caused by this vulnerability can lead to inefficient use of system resources, potentially degrading system performance or causing instability over time if resources are not properly released.