Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELDOC-14256341
  • published9 Dec 2025
  • disclosed8 Dec 2025

Introduced: 8 Dec 2025

CVE-2022-50617  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-doc to version 0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

drm/amdgpu/powerplay/psm: Fix memory leak in power state init

Commit 902bc65de0b3 ("drm/amdgpu/powerplay/psm: return an error in power state init") made the power state init function return early in case of failure to get an entry from the powerplay table, but it missed to clean up the allocated memory for the current power state before returning.

CVSS Base Scores

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