CVE-2022-50189 (GCVE-0-2022-50189)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-06-18 11:03
Modified
2025-06-18 11:03
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tools/power turbostat: Fix file pointer leak Currently if a fscanf fails then an early return leaks an open file pointer. Fix this by fclosing the file before the return. Detected using static analysis with cppcheck: tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c:2039:3: error: Resource leak: fp [resourceLeak]
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Linux Linux Version: eae97e053fe306edbbe60c934031edf9a8affd3f
Version: eae97e053fe306edbbe60c934031edf9a8affd3f
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