CVE-2022-50274
HIGHLinux Kernel - Use-After-Free in DVB Device Unregistration
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: dvbdev: adopts refcnt to avoid UAF dvb_unregister_device() is known that prone to use-after-free. That is, the cleanup from dvb_unregister_device() releases the dvb_device even if there are pointers stored in file->private_data still refer to it. This patch adds a reference counter into struct dvb_device and delays its deallocation until no pointer refers to the object.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0015
EPSS Percentile
4.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-416
Status
published
Products (26)
linux/Kernel
2.6.12 - 4.14.303linux
linux/Kernel
4.15.0 - 4.19.270linux
linux/Kernel
4.20.0 - 5.4.229linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.86linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.0.16linux
linux/Kernel
5.5.0 - 5.10.163linux
linux/Kernel
6.1.0 - 6.1.2linux
Linux/Linux
< 2.6.12
Linux/Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 0fc044b2b5e2d05a1fa1fb0d7f270367a7855d79
Linux/Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 219b44bf94203bd433aa91b7796475bf656348e5
... and 16 more
Published
Sep 15, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026