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CVE-2022-50529

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CVE-2022-50529

Published: Oct 7, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: test_firmware: fix memory leak in test_firmware_init() When misc_register() failed in test_firmware_init(), the memory pointed by test_fw_config->name is not released. The memory leak information is as follows: unreferenced object 0xffff88810a34cb00 (size 32): comm "insmod", pid 7952, jiffies 4294948236 (age 49.060s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 74 65 73 74 2d 66 69 72 6d 77 61 72 65 2e 62 69 test-firmware.bi 6e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 n............... backtrace: [<ffffffff81b21fcb>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x4b/0xc0 [<ffffffff81affb96>] kstrndup+0x46/0xc0 [<ffffffffa0403a49>] __test_firmware_config_init+0x29/0x380 [test_firmware] [<ffffffffa040f068>] 0xffffffffa040f068 [<ffffffff81002c41>] do_one_initcall+0x141/0x780 [<ffffffff816a72c3>] do_init_module+0x1c3/0x630 [<ffffffff816adb9e>] load_module+0x623e/0x76a0 [<ffffffff816af471>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x181/0x240 [<ffffffff89978f99>] do_syscall_64+0x39/0xb0 [<ffffffff89a0008b>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
c92316bf8e94830a0225f2e904cbdbd173768419 - < ed5cbafaf7ce8b86f19998c00eb020c8d49b017f
affected
c92316bf8e94830a0225f2e904cbdbd173768419 - < 04dd47a2e169f2d4489636afa07ff0469aab49ab
affected
c92316bf8e94830a0225f2e904cbdbd173768419 - < 628de998a3abfffb3f9677d2fb39a1d5dcb32fdb
affected
c92316bf8e94830a0225f2e904cbdbd173768419 - < 0b5a89e8bce1ea43687742b4de8e216189ff94ac
affected
c92316bf8e94830a0225f2e904cbdbd173768419 - < 357379d504c0c8b0834e206ad8c49e4b3c98ed4d

+3 more versions

Linux

Linux

affected
4.14
unaffected
0 - < 4.14
unaffected
4.14.303 - <= 4.14.*
unaffected
4.19.270 - <= 4.19.*
unaffected
5.4.229 - <= 5.4.*

+5 more versions

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