CVE-2022-50463

low-risk
Published 2025-10-01

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.

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0.01% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (9)

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0accd460dc7bbe5f55e41a8867c63db9d07b3ec8
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40b4be399e0db7073dec5a0de5ca9994f7e31e58
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5836947613ef33d311b4eff6a32d019580a214f5
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bf842ffdd216b9f94d5b051b5d8b815f2426538
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be9caf2c936f15a9c3f9111e62bdde6357312f90
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbda93665a3857324f5c79e45769a83c78183199
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4002f293e5b44e57d2930513cca0dff32249812
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4ad0a7f0e78d65d38921ab2bef234e49be78b10
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb3ef6a5af4b003502c940ea50c0f55b06ebbfc9
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal