CVE-2022-50761
Not scored
x86/xen: Fix memory leak in xen_init_lock_cpu()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/xen: Fix memory leak in xen_init_lock_cpu() In xen_init_lock_cpu(), the @name has allocated new string by kasprintf(), if bind_ipi_to_irqhandler() fails, it should be freed, otherwise may lead to a memory leak issue, fix it.
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
December 24, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-50761
View original source
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/xen: Fix memory leak in xen_init_lock_cpu() In xen_init_lock_cpu(), the @name has allocated new string by kasprintf(), if bind_ipi_to_irqhandler() fails, it should be freed, otherwise may lead to a memory leak issue, fix it.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07764d00c869a3390bd4f80412cc8b0e669e6c58
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29198f667f4486f9e227e11faf1411fcf4c82a66
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53ff99c76be611acea37d33133c9136969914865
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70966d6b0f59f795b08a70adf5e4478348ecbfbb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70e7f308d7a8e915c7fbc0f1d959968eab8000cd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/798fc3cf98ca07e448956f39295c5d686ab4b054
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9278bdbb566656b3704704f8dd6cbc24a6fcc569
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b44457b83a034efef58ffa5f3131d4615f1a9837
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca84ce153d887b1dc8b118029976cc9faf2a9b40
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50761.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50761