# CVE-2022-50134: RDMA/hfi1: fix potential memory leak in setup\_base\_ctxt()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-06-18 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/hfi1: fix potential memory leak in setup_base_ctxt() setup_base_ctxt() allocates a memory chunk for uctxt->groups with hfi1_alloc_ctxt_rcv_groups(). When init_user_ctxt() fails, uctxt->groups is not released, which will lead to a memory leak. We should release the uctxt->groups with hfi1_free_ctxt_rcv_groups() when init_user_ctxt() fails.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc4de8009fd6c2ca51986c6757efa964040e7d02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90ef48a718f88935d4af53d7dadd1ceafe103ce6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f90813f1c21c3d780585390af961bd17c8515ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a85c7dd1edadcdeca24e603a6618153a3bcc81ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e25b828553aecb3185a8d8d0c4f9b4e133fb5db6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1750be1e9f18787cf717c24dbc5fa029fc372a22
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9055dfe437efae77e28e57205437c878a03ccb7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa2a1df3a2c85f855af7d54466ac10bd48645d63

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