# CVE-2022-50420: crypto: hisilicon/hpre - fix resource leak in remove process

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-01 · Updated: 2026-08-15

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: hisilicon/hpre - fix resource leak in remove process In hpre_remove(), when the disable operation of qm sriov failed, the following logic should continue to be executed to release the remaining resources that have been allocated, instead of returning directly, otherwise there will be resource leakage.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b3e3ecdb402ff1053ee25b598ff21b9ddf4384f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e0de941d252d4e7c985981e78480c8d6f020b64
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb873c93a7ad27681920bf062ef052fca1e8d5b1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45e6319bd5f2154d8b8c9f1eaa4ac030ba0d330c

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