CVE-2022-50355

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: vt6655: fix some erroneous memory clean-up loops In some initialization functions of this driver, memory is allocated with 'i' acting as an index variable and increasing from 0. The commit in "Fixes" introduces some clean-up codes in case of allocation failure, which free memory in reverse order with 'i' decreasing to 0. However, there are some problems: - The case i=0 is left out. Thus memory is leaked. - In case memory allocation fails right from the start, the memory freeing loops will start with i=-1 and invalid memory locations will be accessed. One of these loops has been fixed in commit c8ff91535880 ("staging: vt6655: fix potential memory leak"). Fix the remaining erroneous loops.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedSep 17, 2025
First seenSep 17, 2025
Weakness typeCWE-401CWE-401

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel4.19.262, 5.4.220, 5.10.150, 5.15.75, 5.19.17, 6.0.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel4.18 ≤ v < 4.19.262, 4.20 ≤ v < 5.4.220, 5.5 ≤ v < 5.10.150, 5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.75, 5.16 ≤ v < 5.19.17, 6.0 ≤ v < 6.0.34.19.262, 5.4.220, 5.10.150, 5.15.75, 5.19.17, 6.0.3

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CVE-2022-50355 · Linux Kernel · Dark Radar