CVE-2022-50438 (GCVE-0-2022-50438)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-01 11:42
Modified
2025-10-01 11:42
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hinic: fix memory leak when reading function table When the input parameter idx meets the expected case option in hinic_dbg_get_func_table(), read_data is not released. Fix it.
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Linux Linux Version: 5215e16244ee5889cc6135381acdbf4cbcb7905a
Version: 5215e16244ee5889cc6135381acdbf4cbcb7905a
Version: 5215e16244ee5889cc6135381acdbf4cbcb7905a
Version: 5215e16244ee5889cc6135381acdbf4cbcb7905a
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