CVE-2022-50761: Linux

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

  • Linux Linux: from 2.6.27, before 4.9.337 (fixed in 4.9.337); from 4.10, before 4.14.303 (fixed in 4.14.303); from 4.15, before 4.19.270 (fixed in 4.19.270); from 4.20, before 5.4.229 (fixed in 5.4.229); from 5.5, before 5.10.163 (fixed in 5.10.163); from 5.11, before 5.15.86 (fixed in 5.15.86); …

Published 2025-12-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.