# CVE-2022-50479: drm/amd: fix potential memory leak

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-04 · Updated: 2026-08-15

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.0

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd: fix potential memory leak This patch fix potential memory leak (clk_src) when function run into last return NULL. s/free/kfree/ - Alex

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6e6ab9caeac96b277a3fe7da1dfa8f69a591759
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6160216fd2c97107e8a9ab39863b056d677fcd85

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