{"id":"CVE-2022-50529","summary":"test_firmware: fix memory leak in test_firmware_init()","details":"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-\u003ename 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    [\u003cffffffff81b21fcb\u003e] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x4b/0xc0\n    [\u003cffffffff81affb96\u003e] kstrndup+0x46/0xc0\n    [\u003cffffffffa0403a49\u003e] __test_firmware_config_init+0x29/0x380 [test_firmware]\n    [\u003cffffffffa040f068\u003e] 0xffffffffa040f068\n    [\u003cffffffff81002c41\u003e] do_one_initcall+0x141/0x780\n    [\u003cffffffff816a72c3\u003e] do_init_module+0x1c3/0x630\n    [\u003cffffffff816adb9e\u003e] load_module+0x623e/0x76a0\n    [\u003cffffffff816af471\u003e] __do_sys_finit_module+0x181/0x240\n    [\u003cffffffff89978f99\u003e] do_syscall_64+0x39/0xb0\n    [\u003cffffffff89a0008b\u003e] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd","modified":"2026-04-02T08:28:35.656742Z","published":"2025-10-07T15:19:20.581Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1","SUSE-SU-2025:4139-1","SUSE-SU-2025:4149-1","SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1"],"database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50529.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04dd47a2e169f2d4489636afa07ff0469aab49ab"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b5a89e8bce1ea43687742b4de8e216189ff94ac"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/357379d504c0c8b0834e206ad8c49e4b3c98ed4d"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/628de998a3abfffb3f9677d2fb39a1d5dcb32fdb"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dd5fbd243f19f087dc79481acb7d69fb57fea2c"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7610615e8cdb3f6f5bbd9d8e7a5d8a63e3cabf2e"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d8c1d6a430f0aadb80036e2b1bc0a05f9fad247"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed5cbafaf7ce8b86f19998c00eb020c8d49b017f"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50529.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50529"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"c92316bf8e94830a0225f2e904cbdbd173768419"},{"fixed":"ed5cbafaf7ce8b86f19998c00eb020c8d49b017f"},{"fixed":"04dd47a2e169f2d4489636afa07ff0469aab49ab"},{"fixed":"628de998a3abfffb3f9677d2fb39a1d5dcb32fdb"},{"fixed":"0b5a89e8bce1ea43687742b4de8e216189ff94ac"},{"fixed":"357379d504c0c8b0834e206ad8c49e4b3c98ed4d"},{"fixed":"8d8c1d6a430f0aadb80036e2b1bc0a05f9fad247"},{"fixed":"6dd5fbd243f19f087dc79481acb7d69fb57fea2c"},{"fixed":"7610615e8cdb3f6f5bbd9d8e7a5d8a63e3cabf2e"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-50529.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}