VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-50521

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.16%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-10-07
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-401

Primary references