CVE-2022-50449
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Publication date: 2025-10-01
Last updated on: 2025-10-02
Assigner: kernel.org
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
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| samsung | linux_kernel | * |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
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| CWE-UNKNOWN |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a memory leak in the Linux kernel's Samsung clock driver. Specifically, if the function clk_register() fails during the registration of a phase-locked loop (PLL) clock, the allocated memory for the rate_table is not freed, causing a memory leak. The patch fixes this by ensuring the allocated memory is properly freed when clk_register() fails.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The memory leak caused by this vulnerability can lead to increased memory usage and potential resource exhaustion on affected systems. Over time, this could degrade system performance or cause instability, especially on devices relying on the Samsung clock driver in the Linux kernel.
What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
To mitigate this vulnerability, update the Linux kernel to a version that includes the patch fixing the memory leak in _samsung_clk_register_pll(). This patch ensures that allocated memory by kmemdup() is properly freed if clk_register() fails, preventing the memory leak.