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CVE-2022-50463powerpc/52xx: Fix a resource leak in an error handling path
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.16%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 94% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/52xx: Fix a resource leak in an error handling path The error handling path of mpc52xx_lpbfifo_probe() has a request_irq() that is not balanced by a corresponding free_irq(). Add the missing call, as already done in the remove function.
Timeline
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By Linux
Published
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.16% · top 94% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 3c9059d79f5eea6b8b75ddac97693127c3c41db4 – < be9caf2c936f15a9c3f9111e62bdde6357312f90
- affected 3c9059d79f5eea6b8b75ddac97693127c3c41db4 – < f4ad0a7f0e78d65d38921ab2bef234e49be78b10
- affected 3c9059d79f5eea6b8b75ddac97693127c3c41db4 – < e4002f293e5b44e57d2930513cca0dff32249812
- affected 3c9059d79f5eea6b8b75ddac97693127c3c41db4 – < 9bf842ffdd216b9f94d5b051b5d8b815f2426538
- affected 3c9059d79f5eea6b8b75ddac97693127c3c41db4 – < 40b4be399e0db7073dec5a0de5ca9994f7e31e58
- affected 3c9059d79f5eea6b8b75ddac97693127c3c41db4 – < 0accd460dc7bbe5f55e41a8867c63db9d07b3ec8
- affected 3c9059d79f5eea6b8b75ddac97693127c3c41db4 – < cbda93665a3857324f5c79e45769a83c78183199
- affected 3c9059d79f5eea6b8b75ddac97693127c3c41db4 – < fb3ef6a5af4b003502c940ea50c0f55b06ebbfc9
- affected 3c9059d79f5eea6b8b75ddac97693127c3c41db4 – < 5836947613ef33d311b4eff6a32d019580a214f5
- affected 2.6.33
- unaffected < 2.6.33
- unaffected 4.9.337 – ≤ 4.9.*
- unaffected 4.14.303 – ≤ 4.14.*
- unaffected 4.19.270 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.229 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.163 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.86 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.0.16 – ≤ 6.0.*
- unaffected 6.1.2 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.2 – ≤ *
References
References9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be9caf2c936f15a9c3f9111e62bdde6357312f90 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4ad0a7f0e78d65d38921ab2bef234e49be78b10 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4002f293e5b44e57d2930513cca0dff32249812 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bf842ffdd216b9f94d5b051b5d8b815f2426538 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40b4be399e0db7073dec5a0de5ca9994f7e31e58 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0accd460dc7bbe5f55e41a8867c63db9d07b3ec8 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbda93665a3857324f5c79e45769a83c78183199 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb3ef6a5af4b003502c940ea50c0f55b06ebbfc9 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5836947613ef33d311b4eff6a32d019580a214f5 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-32802 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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