Answer in brief
CVE-2022-50521 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in platform/x86: mxm-wmi: fix memleak in mxm_wmi_call_mx[ds|mx](). The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=99b38b4acc0d7dbbab443273577cff60080fcfad <50ac517d6f5348b276f1f663799cf85dce521518 || >=99b38b4acc0d7dbbab443273577cff60080fcfad <5b0f81b0808235967868e01336c976e840217108 || >=99b38b4acc0d7dbbab443273577cff60080fcfad <14bb4bde3b7b2584734b13747b345caeeb41bea3 || >=99b38b4acc0d7dbbab443273577cff60080fcfad <17cd8c46cbec4e6ad593fb9159928b8e7608c11a || >=99b38b4acc0d7dbbab443273577cff60080fcfad <3cf81501356c9e898ad94b2369ffc805f83f7d7b || >=99b38b4acc0d7dbbab443273577cff60080fcfad <379e7794c5e7485193d25d73614fbbd1e1387f6f || >=99b38b4acc0d7dbbab443273577cff60080fcfad <87426ce3bd57ad414b6e2436434ef8128986a9a5 || >=99b38b4acc0d7dbbab443273577cff60080fcfad <727cc0147f5066e359aca65cc6cc5e6d64cc15d8 | 50ac517d6f5348b276f1f663799cf85dce521518, 5b0f81b0808235967868e01336c976e840217108, 14bb4bde3b7b2584734b13747b345caeeb41bea3, 17cd8c46cbec4e6ad593fb9159928b8e7608c11a, 3cf81501356c9e898ad94b2369ffc805f83f7d7b, 379e7794c5e7485193d25d73614fbbd1e1387f6f, 87426ce3bd57ad414b6e2436434ef8128986a9a5, 727cc0147f5066e359aca65cc6cc5e6d64cc15d8 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 3.0 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Oct 7, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 5, 2026
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.
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