Bug 2373414 (CVE-2022-50189) - CVE-2022-50189 kernel: tools/power turbostat: Fix file pointer leak
Summary: CVE-2022-50189 kernel: tools/power turbostat: Fix file pointer leak
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-50189
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-06-18 12:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-06-20 11:16 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-06-18 12:01:41 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tools/power turbostat: Fix file pointer leak

Currently if a fscanf fails then an early return leaks an open
file pointer. Fix this by fclosing the file before the return.
Detected using static analysis with cppcheck:

tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c:2039:3: error: Resource leak: fp [resourceLeak]
Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-06-20 11:07:40 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025061835-CVE-2022-50189-75d2@gregkh/T
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