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CVE-2022-50761x86/xen: Fix memory leak in xen_init_lock_cpu()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 1:23 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/xen: Fix memory leak in xen_init_lock_cpu() In xen_init_lock_cpu(), the @name has allocated new string by kasprintf(), if bind_ipi_to_irqhandler() fails, it should be freed, otherwise may lead to a memory leak issue, fix it.

CVSS: Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 2d9e1e2f58b5612aa4eab0ab54c84308a29dbd79 before 9278bdbb566656b3704704f8dd6cbc24a6fcc569; from 2d9e1e2f58b5612aa4eab0ab54c84308a29dbd79 before 07764d00c869a3390bd4f80412cc8b0e669e6c58; from 2d9e1e2f58b5612aa4eab0ab54c84308a29dbd79 before 53ff99c76be611acea37d33133c9136969914865; from 2d9e1e2f58b5612aa4eab0ab54c84308a29dbd79 before 29198f667f4486f9e227e11faf1411fcf4c82a66; from 2d9e1e2f58b5612aa4eab0ab54c84308a29dbd79 before 70e7f308d7a8e915c7fbc0f1d959968eab8000cd; from 2d9e1e2f58b5612aa4eab0ab54c84308a29dbd79 before 70966d6b0f59f795b08a70adf5e4478348ecbfbb; from 2d9e1e2f58b5612aa4eab0ab54c84308a29dbd79 before 798fc3cf98ca07e448956f39295c5d686ab4b054; from 2d9e1e2f58b5612aa4eab0ab54c84308a29dbd79 before b44457b83a034efef58ffa5f3131d4615f1a9837; and 1 more ranges	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9278bdbb566656b3704704f8dd6cbc24a6fcc569
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07764d00c869a3390bd4f80412cc8b0e669e6c58
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53ff99c76be611acea37d33133c9136969914865
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29198f667f4486f9e227e11faf1411fcf4c82a66
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70e7f308d7a8e915c7fbc0f1d959968eab8000cd
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70966d6b0f59f795b08a70adf5e4478348ecbfbb
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/798fc3cf98ca07e448956f39295c5d686ab4b054
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b44457b83a034efef58ffa5f3131d4615f1a9837
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca84ce153d887b1dc8b118029976cc9faf2a9b40

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