CVE-2022-50499

HIGH

Linux Kernel 4.9.195-4.9.336 - Use-After-Free in dvb_register_device

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: dvb-core: Fix double free in dvb_register_device() In function dvb_register_device() -> dvb_register_media_device() -> dvb_create_media_entity(), dvb->entity is allocated and initialized. If the initialization fails, it frees the dvb->entity, and return an error code. The caller takes the error code and handles the error by calling dvb_media_device_free(), which unregisters the entity and frees the field again if it is not NULL. As dvb->entity may not NULLed in dvb_create_media_entity() when the allocation of dvbdev->pad fails, a double free may occur. This may also cause an Use After free in media_device_unregister_entity(). Fix this by storing NULL to dvb->entity when it is freed.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 5.0%
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-415
Status published
Products (36)
linux/Kernel < 4.9.337linux
linux/Kernel 4.10.0 - 4.14.303linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.270linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.229linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 6.0.18linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.4linux
linux/Kernel 5.4.0 - 5.10.163linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.15.87linux
Linux/Linux < 5.4
Linux/Linux 1399a136127bfe1b9bb7c951d9851da62a519121 - e9a78485b658361fab6a5547377be6c1af6f1b3d
... and 26 more
Published Oct 04, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026