CVE-2022-50189

Summary

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

tools/power turbostat: Fix file pointer leak

Currently if a fscanf fails then an early return leaks an open file pointer. Fix this by fclosing the file before the return. Detected using static analysis with cppcheck:

tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c:2039:3: error: Resource leak: fp [resourceLeak]

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinuxeae97e053fe306edbbe60c934031edf9a8affd3f < 2ebf6f5946817f33fb33e613e359229e98164eb3affected
LinuxLinuxeae97e053fe306edbbe60c934031edf9a8affd3f < 5e5fd36c58d6c820f7292ee492c3731c9a104a41affected
LinuxLinux5.19affected
LinuxLinux0 < 5.19unaffected
LinuxLinux5.19.2 <= 5.19.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.0 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

References