Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50175
Published: June 19, 2025 / Updated: June 21, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111357
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-50175
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the tw686x_video_init() function in drivers/media/pci/tw686x/tw686x-video.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-50175
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0597bcf774896a002edcc7934a9cdbb932b66702
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/611f86965df013d6021e6cd0d155b1734ad2cf21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b412db51db24dfba22c96948580d4a12f831397
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c142a7531b90c6b0f946c82d3f504b3f36a207df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0b212ec9d8177d6f7c404315293f6a085d6ee42
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.137
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.61
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.18.18
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19.2
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0