PT-2025-40666 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Published 2022-08-25 · Updated 2026-05-26 · CVE-2022-50479

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The Linux kernel contains a flaw related to a potential memory leak within the DRM/AMD subsystem. Specifically, the issue involves a potential memory leak of the clk src when a function returns NULL. This patch addresses the leak by ensuring proper memory management in such scenarios.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Improper Resource Release

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-404

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-02268

CESA-2023_7077

CVE-2022-50479

RHSA-2023:6583

RHSA-2023:7077

RHSA-2023_6583

RHSA-2023_7077

SUSE-SU-2025:4149-1

SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1

Affected Products

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 437

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50479.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50479 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6160216fd2c97107e8a9ab39863b056d677fcd85 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50479 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50479 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50479 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6e6ab9caeac96b277a3fe7da1dfa8f69a591759 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50479 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-50479 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50479 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-02268 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:4149-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50479 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1242960 · Note