CVE-2022-50521 — platform/x86: mxm-wmi: fix memleak in mxm_wmi_call_mx[ds|mx]()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: mxm-wmi: fix memleak in mxm_wmi_call_mx[ds|mx]() The ACPI buffer memory (out.pointer) returne…
Published: 2025-10-07 · CVSS: Unscored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: mxm-wmi: fix memleak in mxm_wmi_call_mx[ds|mx]() The ACPI buffer memory (out.pointer) returned by wmi_evaluate_method() is not freed after the call, so it leads to memory leak. The method results in ACPI buffer is not used, so just pass NULL to wmi_evaluate_method() which fixes the memory leak.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7