CVE-2022-50247
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Publication date: 2025-09-15
Last updated on: 2025-11-24
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc) |
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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 in the Linux kernel's usb subsystem, specifically in the xhci-mtk driver. It involves a failure to set the shared host controller driver (shared_hcd) pointer to NULL before decreasing its usage count with usb_put_hcd(). Because of this, the shared host controller driver is not properly released, leading to a resource leakage.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The impact of this vulnerability is a leakage of the shared host controller driver resource. This could potentially lead to resource exhaustion or instability in the USB subsystem of the Linux kernel, possibly affecting system reliability or causing unexpected behavior when managing USB devices.