Bug 2402300 (CVE-2022-50510)

Summary: CVE-2022-50510 kernel: perf/smmuv3: Fix hotplug callback leak in arm_smmu_pmu_init()
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A resource-handling flaw was found in the Linux kernel performance monitoring driver for ARM System Memory Management Unit version 3 in the way hotplug callbacks are registered during driver initialization. If driver registration fails, previously added CPU hotplug callbacks are not removed, leaving leaked callbacks behind. A local user could use this flaw to destabilize the system, resulting in a denial of service.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-07 16:08:12 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

perf/smmuv3: Fix hotplug callback leak in arm_smmu_pmu_init()

arm_smmu_pmu_init() won't remove the callback added by
cpuhp_setup_state_multi() when platform_driver_register() failed. Remove
the callback by cpuhp_remove_multi_state() in fail path.

Similar to the handling of arm_ccn_init() in commit 26242b330093 ("bus:
arm-ccn: Prevent hotplug callback leak")