CVE-2022-50667

Linux Kernel 5.15.0-5.15.74, 5.16.0-5.19.16, 5.20.0-6.0.2 - Memory Leak in vmw_mksstat_add_ioctl

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 11.7%

Details

Status published
Products (13)
linux/Kernel 5.15.0 - 5.15.75linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.19.17linux
linux/Kernel 5.20.0 - 6.0.3linux
Linux/Linux < 5.15
Linux/Linux 5.15
Linux/Linux 5.15.75 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.19.17 - 5.19.*
Linux/Linux 6.0.3 - 6.0.*
Linux/Linux 6.1
Linux/Linux 7a7a933edd6c3a6d5d64e08093f2d564104cefcd - 53066b144715332ce9370143c33c50d9a4d3e809
... and 3 more
Published Dec 09, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026