CVE-2022-50324 mtd: maps: pxa2xx-flash: fix memory leak in probe

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A memory leak in the Linux kernel's pxa2xx-flash driver probe function 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-2022-50324?

CVE-2022-50324 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 15 Sep 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:

mtd: maps: pxa2xx-flash: fix memory leak in probe

Free 'info' upon remapping error to avoid a memory leak.

[<[email protected]>: Reword the commit log]

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50324?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-50324?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2022-50324 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50324 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50324, GHSA-qppm-chhm-xm42, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50324.

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