VDB-324023 · CVE-2022-50287 · WID-SEC-2025-2053

Linux Kernel up to 6.0.15/6.1.1 memory leak

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.0.15/6.1.1. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory leak. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-50287. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.0.15/6.1.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/bios: fix a memory leak in generate_lfp_data_ptrs When (size != 0 || ptrs->lvds_ entries != 3), the program tries to free() the ptrs. However, the ptrs is not created by calling kzmalloc(), but is obtained by pointer offset operation. This may lead to memory leaks or undefined behavior. Fix this by replacing the arguments of kfree() with ptrs_block. (cherry picked from commit 7674cd0b7d28b952151c3df26bbfa7e07eb2b4ec)

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-50287 since 09/15/2025. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 6.0.16 or 6.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 4758d04014cfe6cdb6e9b4738d1d6728487bbb3a/7c852e8f93f04e57c1e3883caa72542469c6c4c4/1382901f75a5a7dc8eac05059fd0c7816def4eae is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2053). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

Debian Linux
Amazon Linux 2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Ubuntu Linux
SUSE Linux
Oracle Linux
IBM QRadar SIEM
SUSE openSUSE
Open Source Linux Kernel
RESF Rocky Linux
Dell Secure Connect Gateway
F5 F5OS

Productinfo

Type

Operating System

Vendor

Linux

Name

Kernel

Version

License

open-source

Website

Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory leak
CWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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