# CVE-2022-50646: scsi: hpsa: Fix possible memory leak in hpsa\_init\_one()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.15
- Published: 2025-12-09 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 4.14.63, fixed in 4.15
- Linux: 4.16

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: hpsa: Fix possible memory leak in hpsa_init_one() The hpda_alloc_ctlr_info() allocates h and its field reply_map. However, in hpsa_init_one(), if alloc_percpu() failed, the hpsa_init_one() jumps to clean1 directly, which frees h and leaks the h->reply_map. Fix by calling hpda_free_ctlr_info() to release h->replay_map and h instead free h directly.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4d1c14e8b404766ff2bb8644bb19443d73965de
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8fc2f18652917cdcc89cb23f3a1b7cb6e119c5e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c808edbf580bfc454671cbe66e9d7c2e938e7601
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfe10a1d9fbccdf39f8449d62509f070d8aaaac1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc998d0a7d65672f0812f11cd0ec4bbe4f8f8507
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0aa7be66168b1e84b2581ffff3ccb54a6c804a1e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c9ff300e0de07475796495d86f449340d454a0c

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