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Status published
Medium
CVE-2022-50537
firmware: raspberrypi: fix possible memory leak in rpi_firmware_probe()
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: raspberrypi: fix possible memory leak in rpi_firmware_probe() In rpi_firmware_probe(), if mbox_request_channel() fails, the 'fw' will not be freed through rpi_firmware_delete(), fix this leak by calling kfree() in the error path.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62ac943eb2a9d655e431b9bc98ff6d7bd51a0e49
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d34742245e4366579f9a80f8cfe4a63248e838e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b308fdedef095aac14569f810d46edf773ea7d1e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6757dd2193fe18c5c5fe3050e7f2ff9dcbd1ff34
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71d2abab374f707ab8ac8dcef191fd2b3b67b8bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b51161696e803fd5f9ad55b20a64c2df313f95c
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
d537afa08e156a0a72562e625506825c2776fcfa, 60831f5ae6c713afceb6d29f40899ed112f36059, 1e7c57355a3bc617fc220234889e49fe722a6305, 5.10.65, 5.13, 0, 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2, 6.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 7th, 2025
Last Modified:
May 23rd, 2026
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.