PT-2025-49694 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2025-12-09 · Updated 2025-12-09 · CVE-2022-50663

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

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

Description A memory leak exists in the stmmac dvr probe() function within the stmmac driver. Specifically, if create singlethread workqueue() fails, the bitmap free() function is not called to free priv->af xdp zc qps, resulting in a memory leak. The issue is addressed by adding an error path to handle failures during workqueue initialization.

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

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-50663

RHSA-2024:9315

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

References · 16

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50663.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50663 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50663 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50663 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50663 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50663 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50663 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50663 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1998225413945114816 · Twitter Post
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/446757787baf99b7db15cb347783c45a37bfe21f · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/a137f3f27f9290933fe7e40e6dc8a445781c31a2 · Note
• https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025120943-CVE-2022-50663-5606@gregkh/T · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a137f3f27f9290933fe7e40e6dc8a445781c31a2 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96e50897029f65222ef76cfe9bc802321fcea33b · Note