CVE-2022-50189

Published: Jun 18, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tools/power turbostat: Fix file pointer leak Currently if a fscanf fails then an early return leaks an open file pointer. Fix this by fclosing the file before the return. Detected using static analysis with cppcheck: tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c:2039:3: error: Resource leak: fp [resourceLeak]

Vendor	Product	Versions
Linux	Linux	affected `eae97e053fe306edbbe60c934031edf9a8affd3f - < 2ebf6f5946817f33fb33e613e359229e98164eb3` affected `eae97e053fe306edbbe60c934031edf9a8affd3f - < 5e5fd36c58d6c820f7292ee492c3731c9a104a41`
Linux	Linux	affected `5.19` unaffected `0 - < 5.19` unaffected `5.19.2 - <= 5.19.` unaffected `6.0 - <= `

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ebf6f5946817f33fb33e613e359229e98164eb3

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e5fd36c58d6c820f7292ee492c3731c9a104a41

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CVE-2022-50189

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