PT-2025-40118
CVE-2022-50433
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Published
2022-10-21
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Updated
2025-10-23
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A flaw exists in the Linux kernel related to EFI and SSDT handling. Specifically, memory allocated for a new ACPI table is incorrectly freed even when the ACPI core successfully loads the table. This issue was introduced by a commit and results in a use-after-free error detected by KASAN.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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