CVE-2022-50208 soc: amlogic: Fix refcount leak in meson-secure-pwrc.c
A refcount leak in the Amlogic power domain driver can lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-50208?
CVE-2022-50208 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
soc: amlogic: Fix refcount leak in meson-secure-pwrc.c
In meson_secure_pwrc_probe(), there is a refcount leak in one fail path.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50208?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-50208?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2022-50208 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50208 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50208, GHSA-3r6m-7q2m-f6qj, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50208.