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CVE-2022-50872: ARM: OMAP2+: Fix memory leak in realtime_counter_init()

• Severity: unknown
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-12-30 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ARM: OMAP2+: Fix memory leak in realtime_counter_init() The "sys_clk" resource is malloced by clk_get(), it is not released when the function return.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 3.7 — fixed in 6.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10fcdad2b9f3f424873714eb8713a3e6f7ab84bb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4862c41d5f3bee1ec64c979c82bd8cfe96b78f7d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f7ad1b08533247c4bf29217ba499ea4138cc2c1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f9aedabce3404dd8bb769822fc11317c55fbdc1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8041f9a2a958277f95926560dc85910aecd48c0b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98df4bdf3b010c23cc3c542d0c303016e5fceb40
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3a6af3059e4f83d1a986a3180eb1e04f99c9e64
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed8167cbf65c2b6ff6faeb0f96ded4d6d581e1ac

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