CVE-2022-50404

Published: Sep 18, 2025Modified: Mar 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: fbcon: release buffer when fbcon_do_set_font() failed syzbot is reporting memory leak at fbcon_do_set_font() [1], for commit a5a923038d70 ("fbdev: fbcon: Properly revert changes when vc_resize() failed") missed that the buffer might be newly allocated by fbcon_set_font().

Affected (10)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

Linux

1 product

Linux Kernel

Configuration A

10 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.15.64 to 5.15.86
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.19.6 to 6.0
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.0.1 to 6.0.16
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.1 to 6.1.2
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.0
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.0 rc3
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.0 rc4
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.0 rc5
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.0 rc6
Linux Linux Kernel	Version 6.0 rc7