PT-2025-49698 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2
CVE-2022-50667
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Published
2022-09-16
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Updated
2026-01-28
CVSS v2.0
4.6
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A memory leak exists in the
vmw mksstat add ioctl() function within the drm/vmwgfx module. This occurs when copying a description string from user space fails, preventing the instance descriptor page from being freed before returning an error, leading to a memory leak.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Centos
Linux Kernel
Red Hat