CVE-2022-50667
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Publication date: 2025-12-09

Last updated on: 2025-12-09

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Fix memory leak in vmw_mksstat_add_ioctl() If the copy of the description string from userspace fails, then the page for the instance descriptor doesn't get freed before returning -EFAULT, which leads to a memleak.
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Published
2025-12-09
Last Modified
2025-12-09
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2026-06-16
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2025-12-09
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2022-50667
EUVD
EUVD-2022-55738
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CWE-UNKNOWN
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a memory leak in the Linux kernel's drm/vmwgfx component. Specifically, if copying a description string from userspace fails, the memory page allocated for the instance descriptor is not freed properly before returning an error, leading to a memory leak.

Impact Analysis

The memory leak caused by this vulnerability can lead to increased memory usage over time, potentially degrading system performance or causing resource exhaustion if exploited repeatedly.

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