CVE-2022-50836
Published Dec 30, 2025
Modified Apr 15, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: remoteproc: sysmon: fix memory leak in qcom_add_sysmon_subdev() The kfree() should be called when of_irq_get_byname() fails or devm_request_threaded_irq() fails in qcom_add_sysmon_subdev(), otherwise there will be a memory leak, so add kfree() to fix it.
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References
Other References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/131c0a3ead78d45f0f39ddb42cf1bd9be26239b0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a62bebe0705556d37cfa8409ddc759b11d404f6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27441fab2651cd909d8a5440ca079bc50245f427
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e01ce676aaef3b13d02343d7e70f9637d93a3367
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4539eb5c0c342567183fe386d0699c8dab49490
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec97e9a5c2f25d2f9f9d7005e9ac67f23cc751cd
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2022-50836? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
remoteproc: sysmon: fix memory leak in qcom_add_sysmon_subdev()
The kfree() should be called when of_irq_get_byname() fails or
devm_request_threaded_irq() fails in qcom_add_sysmon_subdev(),
otherwise there will be a memory leak, so add kfree() to fix it.
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2022-50836? +
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