CVE-2022-50175
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Publication date: 2025-06-18
Last updated on: 2025-11-28
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | From 4.7 (inc) to 5.10.137 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.11 (inc) to 5.15.61 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.16 (inc) to 5.18.18 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.19 (inc) to 5.19.2 (exc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-401 | The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse. |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a memory leak in the Linux kernel's tw686x media driver. Specifically, when the function video_register_device() fails after memory has been allocated by video_device_alloc(), the allocated memory is not released properly, causing a memory leak. The fix involves calling video_device_release() to free the allocated memory when the registration fails.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The memory leak can lead to increased memory usage over time, potentially causing system instability or crashes if the leaked memory accumulates significantly. This can degrade system performance or availability, especially on systems using the affected tw686x media driver.