{"cve":"CVE-2022-50529","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-07T16:15:36.883","modified":"2026-06-17T05:23:43.920","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntest_firmware: fix memory leak in test_firmware_init()\n\nWhen misc_register() failed in test_firmware_init(), the memory pointed\nby test_fw_config->name is not released. The memory leak information is\nas follows:\nunreferenced object 0xffff88810a34cb00 (size 32):\n  comm \"insmod\", pid 7952, jiffies 4294948236 (age 49.060s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    74 65 73 74 2d 66 69 72 6d 77 61 72 65 2e 62 69  test-firmware.bi\n    6e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  n...............\n  backtrace:\n    [<ffffffff81b21fcb>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x4b/0xc0\n    [<ffffffff81affb96>] kstrndup+0x46/0xc0\n    [<ffffffffa0403a49>] __test_firmware_config_init+0x29/0x380 [test_firmware]\n    [<ffffffffa040f068>] 0xffffffffa040f068\n    [<ffffffff81002c41>] do_one_initcall+0x141/0x780\n    [<ffffffff816a72c3>] do_init_module+0x1c3/0x630\n    [<ffffffff816adb9e>] load_module+0x623e/0x76a0\n    [<ffffffff816af471>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x181/0x240\n    [<ffffffff89978f99>] do_syscall_64+0x39/0xb0\n    [<ffffffff89a0008b>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04dd47a2e169f2d4489636afa07ff0469aab49ab","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b5a89e8bce1ea43687742b4de8e216189ff94ac","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/357379d504c0c8b0834e206ad8c49e4b3c98ed4d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/628de998a3abfffb3f9677d2fb39a1d5dcb32fdb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dd5fbd243f19f087dc79481acb7d69fb57fea2c"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:11:26.888974865+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50529","score":0.0016,"percentile":0.05116,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}