VDB-327463 · CVE-2022-50548 · EUVD-2025-32009

Linux Kernel up to 6.0.15/6.1.1 media hi846_parse_dt memory leak

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.0.15/6.1.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function hi846_parse_dt of the component media. This manipulation causes memory leak. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2022-50548. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.0.15/6.1.1. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function hi846_parse_dt of the component media. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c: hi846: Fix memory leak in hi846_parse_dt() If any of the checks related to the supported link frequencies fail, then the V4L2 fwnode resources don't get released before returning, which leads to a memleak. Fix this by properly freeing the V4L2 fwnode data in a designated label.

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-50548 since 10/07/2025. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 6.0.16 or 6.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch a05a9ae9ef3fffc9bc7ec2bc432a249a01155f6e/4368730678412a8fa71960dbda81e122dafa70f7/80113026d415e27483669db7a88b548d1ec3d3d1 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 databases at EUVD (EUVD-2025-32009) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2229). 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
RESF Rocky Linux
Open Source Linux Kernel
IBM QRadar SIEM
Dell NetWorker

Productinfo

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Operating System

Vendor

Linux

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Kernel

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License

open-source

Website

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

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Class: Memory leak
CWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
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