SB2025061908 - Memory leak in Linux kernel mediatek mt8173
Published: June 19, 2025 Updated: June 21, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-50123)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the mt8173_rt5650_rt5676_dev_probe() function in sound/soc/mediatek/mt8173/mt8173-rt5650-rt5676.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/540c7b7385fb110740703888b4b2bbfa06c7f79c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58567ed2878f70e0ded242cb529fb4a7618ea9f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/769399bce8825e1dcc5050dab78e15ab578baf4f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa1214ece37944e4dbbb5cfb1d02bf37e4d89b02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa668f8e93199cda8fa1612eb49ff70f5ecd8c92
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae4f11c1ed2d67192fdf3d89db719ee439827c11
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6d41f04640db0f946e2c3f7963bb2774afc7a0d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fab5eb31819a2693b0c3d6f3df6a0d193af9a089
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.256