CVE-2022-50326
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Publication date: 2025-09-15

Last updated on: 2025-12-03

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: airspy: fix memory leak in airspy probe The commit ca9dc8d06ab6 ("media: airspy: respect the DMA coherency rules") moves variable buf from stack to heap, however, it only frees buf in the error handling code, missing deallocation in the success path. Fix this by freeing buf in the success path since this variable does not have any references in other code.
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Published
2025-09-15
Last Modified
2025-12-03
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2026-06-16
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2025-09-15
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-14
NVD
CVE-2022-50326
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linux linux_kernel From 6.0 (inc) to 6.0.3 (exc)
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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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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a memory leak in the Linux kernel's airspy media driver. Specifically, a buffer variable was moved from stack to heap but was only freed in error handling paths, not in the success path, causing memory to not be properly deallocated. The fix involves freeing this buffer in the success path to prevent the leak.

Impact Analysis

The memory leak could lead to increased memory usage over time when the airspy driver is used, potentially causing system instability or degraded performance if the leaked memory accumulates.

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