CVE-2022-50521
Estado: AnalizadaMedia (5.5)—
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
platform/x86: mxm-wmi: fix memleak in mxm_wmi_call_mx[ds|mx]()
The ACPI buffer memory (out.pointer) returned by wmi_evaluate_method() is not freed after the call, so it leads to memory leak.
The method results in ACPI buffer is not used, so just pass NULL to wmi_evaluate_method() which fixes the memory leak.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 5.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.16%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 4
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-401
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14bb4bde3b7b2584734b13747b345caeeb41bea3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17cd8c46cbec4e6ad593fb9159928b8e7608c11a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/379e7794c5e7485193d25d73614fbbd1e1387f6f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cf81501356c9e898ad94b2369ffc805f83f7d7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50ac517d6f5348b276f1f663799cf85dce521518
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b0f81b0808235967868e01336c976e840217108
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/727cc0147f5066e359aca65cc6cc5e6d64cc15d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87426ce3bd57ad414b6e2436434ef8128986a9a5
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