CVE-2022-50761

medium
Published 2024-11-12 · Modified 2024-11-12
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/xen: Fix memory leak in xen_init_lock_cpu() In xen_init_lock_cpu(), the @name has allocated new string by kasprintf(), if bind_ipi_to_irqhandler() fails, it should be freed, otherwise may lead to a memory leak issue, fix it.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50761

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50761.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: redhat — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9315

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
redhat rhel9fixed
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed6.1.4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.10.178-1
debian debianforkyfixed6.1.4-1
debian debiansidfixed6.1.4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed6.1.4-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.