Resource retention via unreleased PCI-device references
Published Dec 24, 2025 · Updated Dec 24, 2025
Resource leak in the Linux kernel amdgpu driver allows attackers to retain PCI-device references during display-audio power changes. The amdgpu_device_resume_display_audio() and amdgpu_device_suspend_display_audio() paths obtain a reference with pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() but return without calling pci_dev_put(). The affected path requires an AMD GPU using the amdgpu display-audio power logic; published sources establish no consequence beyond persistent reference retention.
Summary
What happened
Resource leak in the Linux kernel amdgpu driver allows attackers to retain PCI-device references during display-audio power changes. The amdgpu_device_resume_display_audio() and amdgpu_device_suspend_display_audio() paths obtain a reference with pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() but return without calling pci_dev_put(). The affected path requires an AMD GPU using the amdgpu display-audio power logic; published sources establish no consequence beyond persistent reference retention.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-50718
- Published
- Dec 24, 2025
- Updated
- Dec 24, 2025
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Dec 24, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=3f12acc8d6d4b2e62fab8f652d7075a859d80b42 <02105f0b3021ee5853b2fa50853c42f35fc01cfd
- Affected versionversion=3f12acc8d6d4b2e62fab8f652d7075a859d80b42 <3725a8f26bdbc38dfdf545836117f1e069277c91
- Affected versionversion=3f12acc8d6d4b2e62fab8f652d7075a859d80b42 <b85e285e3d6352b02947fc1b72303673dfacb0aa
- Affected versionversion=3f12acc8d6d4b2e62fab8f652d7075a859d80b42 <d7352b410471cbebf6350b2990bae82bb0d59a76
- Affected versionversion=3f12acc8d6d4b2e62fab8f652d7075a859d80b42 <f13661b72a61708cecb06562f8acff068a4f31f7
- Affected versionversion=5.8
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