CVE-2022-50667
drm/vmwgfx: Fix memory leak in vmw_mksstat_add_ioctl()
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Last Updated | May 11, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
7a7a933edd6c3a6d5d64e08093f2d564104cefcd < b47a37ad4a444d82f9caf153a79d090b79786ebb 7a7a933edd6c3a6d5d64e08093f2d564104cefcd < 6ad40bbb2c25f17b899fcea114ebc0a46d8a938b 7a7a933edd6c3a6d5d64e08093f2d564104cefcd < 53066b144715332ce9370143c33c50d9a4d3e809 7a7a933edd6c3a6d5d64e08093f2d564104cefcd < a40c7f61d12fbd1e785e59140b9efd57127c0c33
Linux / Linux
5.15
References
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b47a37ad4a444d82f9caf153a79d090b79786ebb git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ad40bbb2c25f17b899fcea114ebc0a46d8a938b git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53066b144715332ce9370143c33c50d9a4d3e809 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a40c7f61d12fbd1e785e59140b9efd57127c0c33