CVE-2022-50189

kernel: tools/power turbostat: Fix file pointer leak

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · June 18, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tools/power turbostat: Fix file pointer leak

Currently if a fscanf fails then an early return leaks an open file pointer. Fix this by fclosing the file before the return. Detected using static analysis with cppcheck:

tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c:2039:3: error: Resource leak: fp [resourceLeak]

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE not specified