CVE-2022-50537

kernel: firmware: raspberrypi: fix possible memory leak in rpi_firmware_probe()

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 7, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

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.

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-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime