CVE-2022-50557
Published Oct 22, 2025
Modified Apr 15, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: thunderbay: fix possible memory leak in thunderbay_build_functions() The thunderbay_add_functions() will free memory of thunderbay_funcs when everything is ok, but thunderbay_funcs will not be freed when thunderbay_add_functions() fails, then there will be a memory leak, so we need to add kfree() when thunderbay_add_functions() fails to fix it. In addition, doing some cleaner works, moving kfree(funcs) from thunderbay_add_functions() to thunderbay_build_functions().
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2022-50557? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pinctrl: thunderbay: fix possible memory leak in thunderbay_build_functions()
The thunderbay_add_functions() will free memory of thunderbay_funcs
when everything is ok, but thunderbay_funcs will not be freed when
thunderbay_add_functions() fails, then there will be a memory leak,
so we need to add kfree() when thunderbay_add_functions() fails to
fix it.
In addition, doing some cleaner works, moving kfree(funcs) from
thunderbay_add_functions() to thunderbay_build_functions().
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2022-50557? +
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