# CVE-2022-50617: drm/amdgpu/powerplay/psm: Fix memory leak in power state init

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-08 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu/powerplay/psm: Fix memory leak in power state init Commit 902bc65de0b3 ("drm/amdgpu/powerplay/psm: return an error in power state init") made the power state init function return early in case of failure to get an entry from the powerplay table, but it missed to clean up the allocated memory for the current power state before returning.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1caed03305b560bafea8eaa57f1847791658b3ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cb8932644438bee992dc898a36ffe155fdc1bfa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c65f8f98148709e08bd6157a807c443ba91f0ac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f8033d5663b18e6efb33feb61f2287a04605ab5

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