CVE-2022-50523: clk: rockchip: Fix memory leak in rockchip_clk_register_pll()
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-50523 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4Timeline
- 07-10-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: rockchip: Fix memory leak in rockchip_clk_register_pll() If clk_register() fails, @pll->rate_table may have allocated memory by kmemdup(), so it needs to be freed, otherwise will cause memory leak issue, this patch fixes it.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.16%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
6%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.16% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu120 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-208.220 | < 5.4.0-144.161 | < 5.15.0-69.76
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-1153.166 | < 5.4.0-1097.105 | < 5.15.0-1033.37
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 90c590254051f511299538c158e12fdad41ce163, < 20201c3a0a32f127fa4bdf379d6ac01c2978702d | ≥ 90c590254051f511299538c158e12fdad41ce163, < 86e1e080ad14c5fb6c14a5f0eb530b1b38cbc968 | ≥ 90c590254051f511299538c158e12fdad41ce163, < f02c1d8dc8d880cbaaf9094b4f396fe868ee23ff | ≥ 90c590254051f511299538c158e12fdad41ce163, < 26b94635f1c84d7f6cb482179125cb17e59c90a5 | ≥ 90c590254051f511299538c158e12fdad41ce163, < f4d70c139d313948e02360304a6cbcd3a4f5deb5 | ≥ 90c590254051f511299538c158e12fdad41ce163, < 5b0a1f1247cd42ac5e0d369f8dbb58762692edee | ≥ 90c590254051f511299538c158e12fdad41ce163, < dcd4ba068b194c6ef0071491aa3f12bec8c14d5b | ≥ 90c590254051f511299538c158e12fdad41ce163, < f2ffb8653ea85ae39ce44347751fcc4c3e41f6bb | ≥ 90c590254051f511299538c158e12fdad41ce163, < 739a6a6bbdb793bd57938cb24aa5a6df89983546 | 3.17
- linux_kernel≥ 3.17, < 4.9.337 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.14.303 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.270 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.229 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.163 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.86 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.16 | ≥ 6.1, < 6.1.2
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.4-1
3 vendors · 123 products
