In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: host: xhci: Fix potential memory leak in xhci_alloc_stream_info()

xhci_alloc_stream_info() allocates stream context array for stream_info
->stream_ctx_array with xhci_alloc_stream_ctx(). When some error occurs,
stream_info->stream_ctx_array is not released, which will lead to a
memory leak.

We can fix it by releasing the stream_info->stream_ctx_array with
xhci_free_stream_ctx() on the error path to avoid the potential memory
leak.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00033.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

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Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel
Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/782c873f8e7686f5b3c47e8b099f7e08c3dd1fdc cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e271f42a5cc3768cd2622b929ba66859ae21f97 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fc6bab3413e6a42bb1264ff7c9149808c93a4c7 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91271a3e772e180bbb8afb114c72fd294a02f93d cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fa81cbd2dd300aa8fe9bac70e068b9a11cbb144 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a40ad475236022f3432880e3091c380e46e71a71 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddab9fe76296840aad686c66888a9c1dfdbff5ff cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e702de2f5c893bf2cdb0152191f99a6ad1411823 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcd594da0b5955119d9707e4e0a8d0fb1c969101 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100757-CVE-2022-50544-f012@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50544 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50544 cve-icon
History

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: host: xhci: Fix potential memory leak in xhci_alloc_stream_info() xhci_alloc_stream_info() allocates stream context array for stream_info ->stream_ctx_array with xhci_alloc_stream_ctx(). When some error occurs, stream_info->stream_ctx_array is not released, which will lead to a memory leak. We can fix it by releasing the stream_info->stream_ctx_array with xhci_free_stream_ctx() on the error path to avoid the potential memory leak.
Title usb: host: xhci: Fix potential memory leak in xhci_alloc_stream_info()
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-07T15:21:08.629Z

Reserved: 2025-10-07T15:15:38.667Z

Link: CVE-2022-50544

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-07T16:15:38.823

Modified: 2025-10-08T19:38:32.610

Link: CVE-2022-50544

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-10-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50544 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-08T13:36:45Z