Bug 2402221 (CVE-2022-50537) - CVE-2022-50537 kernel: firmware: raspberrypi: fix possible memory leak in rpi_firmware_probe()
Summary: CVE-2022-50537 kernel: firmware: raspberrypi: fix possible memory leak in rpi...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-50537
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-10-07 16:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-29 20:16 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-07 16:03:44 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

firmware: raspberrypi: fix possible memory leak in rpi_firmware_probe()

In rpi_firmware_probe(), if mbox_request_channel() fails, the 'fw' will
not be freed through rpi_firmware_delete(), fix this leak by calling
kfree() in the error path.
Comment 1 Jon Moroney 2025-10-07 18:02:04 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100754-CVE-2022-50537-897a@gregkh/T
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