# CVE-2022-50872: ARM: OMAP2+: Fix memory leak in realtime\_counter\_init()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-30 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ARM: OMAP2+: Fix memory leak in realtime_counter_init() The "sys_clk" resource is malloced by clk_get(), it is not released when the function return.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f9aedabce3404dd8bb769822fc11317c55fbdc1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3a6af3059e4f83d1a986a3180eb1e04f99c9e64
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8041f9a2a958277f95926560dc85910aecd48c0b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4862c41d5f3bee1ec64c979c82bd8cfe96b78f7d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10fcdad2b9f3f424873714eb8713a3e6f7ab84bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98df4bdf3b010c23cc3c542d0c303016e5fceb40
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f7ad1b08533247c4bf29217ba499ea4138cc2c1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed8167cbf65c2b6ff6faeb0f96ded4d6d581e1ac

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