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CVE-2022-50025 (GCVE-0-2022-50025)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-18 11:01 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:11
VLAI
Title
cxl: Fix a memory leak in an error handling path
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl: Fix a memory leak in an error handling path A bitmap_zalloc() must be balanced by a corresponding bitmap_free() in the error handling path of afu_allocate_irqs().
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 80fa93fce37d3490f4bb0da8a5b239a6745bc744 , < c2c7a29f99788e9e5dfe41d16868ea33da7cc235 (git)
Affected: 80fa93fce37d3490f4bb0da8a5b239a6745bc744 , < 6544ff559315498ad6c0a311359ca44987f9ca07 (git)
Affected: 80fa93fce37d3490f4bb0da8a5b239a6745bc744 , < 89d51dc6878c47b6400922fac21b6a33f9d1a588 (git)
Affected: 80fa93fce37d3490f4bb0da8a5b239a6745bc744 , < 695af60af755873399ce01cb97176768828bc1fd (git)
Affected: 80fa93fce37d3490f4bb0da8a5b239a6745bc744 , < 4be138bcd6d68cec0ce47051b117541061f5141a (git)
Affected: 80fa93fce37d3490f4bb0da8a5b239a6745bc744 , < addff638c41753639368c252d0c5ba0d8fe9ed97 (git)
Affected: 80fa93fce37d3490f4bb0da8a5b239a6745bc744 , < c2557780ee7818b701681c226fa4cb7c0b171665 (git)
Affected: 80fa93fce37d3490f4bb0da8a5b239a6745bc744 , < 3a15b45b5454da862376b5d69a4967f5c6fa1368 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 3.19
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.19 (semver)
Unaffected: 4.9.326 , ≤ 4.9.* (semver)
Unaffected: 4.14.291 , ≤ 4.14.* (semver)
Unaffected: 4.19.256 , ≤ 4.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.4.211 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.138 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.63 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.19.4 , ≤ 5.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2022/cve-2022-50025.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "low",
      "current_release_date": "2026-08-29T02:23:50Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2022-50025",
      "id": "CVE-2022-50025",
      "initial_release_date": "2025-06-19T03:43:45Z",
      "product_status:known_affected": "702",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "159",
      "product_status:recommended": "23",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2022-50025",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2022-50025.json",
      "version": "26"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


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