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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-10-07 | Published 2025-10-07 | Updated 2025-10-07 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

99b38b4acc0d7dbbab443273577cff60080fcfad before 50ac517d6f5348b276f1f663799cf85dce521518
affected

99b38b4acc0d7dbbab443273577cff60080fcfad before 5b0f81b0808235967868e01336c976e840217108
affected

99b38b4acc0d7dbbab443273577cff60080fcfad before 14bb4bde3b7b2584734b13747b345caeeb41bea3
affected

99b38b4acc0d7dbbab443273577cff60080fcfad before 17cd8c46cbec4e6ad593fb9159928b8e7608c11a
affected

99b38b4acc0d7dbbab443273577cff60080fcfad before 3cf81501356c9e898ad94b2369ffc805f83f7d7b
affected

99b38b4acc0d7dbbab443273577cff60080fcfad before 379e7794c5e7485193d25d73614fbbd1e1387f6f
affected

99b38b4acc0d7dbbab443273577cff60080fcfad before 87426ce3bd57ad414b6e2436434ef8128986a9a5
affected

99b38b4acc0d7dbbab443273577cff60080fcfad before 727cc0147f5066e359aca65cc6cc5e6d64cc15d8
affected

Default status
affected

3.0
affected

Any version before 3.0
unaffected

4.14.303
unaffected

4.19.270
unaffected

5.4.229
unaffected

5.10.163
unaffected

5.15.86
unaffected

6.0.16
unaffected

6.1.2
unaffected

6.2
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/50ac517d6f5348b276f1f663799cf85dce521518

git.kernel.org/...c/5b0f81b0808235967868e01336c976e840217108

git.kernel.org/...c/14bb4bde3b7b2584734b13747b345caeeb41bea3

git.kernel.org/...c/17cd8c46cbec4e6ad593fb9159928b8e7608c11a

git.kernel.org/...c/3cf81501356c9e898ad94b2369ffc805f83f7d7b

git.kernel.org/...c/379e7794c5e7485193d25d73614fbbd1e1387f6f

git.kernel.org/...c/87426ce3bd57ad414b6e2436434ef8128986a9a5

git.kernel.org/...c/727cc0147f5066e359aca65cc6cc5e6d64cc15d8

cve.org (CVE-2022-50521)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2022-50521)

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