# CVE-2022-50138: RDMA/qedr: Fix potential memory leak in \_\_qedr\_alloc\_mr()

- 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: 4.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/qedr: Fix potential memory leak in __qedr_alloc_mr() __qedr_alloc_mr() allocates a memory chunk for "mr->info.pbl_table" with init_mr_info(). When rdma_alloc_tid() and rdma_register_tid() fail, "mr" is released while "mr->info.pbl_table" is not released, which will lead to a memory leak. We should release the "mr->info.pbl_table" with qedr_free_pbl() when error occurs to fix the memory leak.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79ce50dddaf28b5c57911ecc80a2be17a0b17f83
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e647a8d5fc0a2c8e0f36f585a6388286a25bb15
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07ba048df306dc93fc4d2ef670b9e24644a2069f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4c9f7db9f0148423557539af0fdf513338efe08
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3236a64ddd125a455ef5b5316c1b9051b732974

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