CVE-2022-50404
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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().
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.16% probability · 5th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06926607b9fddf7ce8017493899ce6eb7e79a123Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c3bfb8586f848317ceba5d777e11204ba3e5758Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a341810a22e51c3a7a108f7896b5fd58d44d127Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88ec6d11052da527eb9268831e7a9bc5bbad02f6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a609bfc1e644a8467cb31945ed1488374ebdc013Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.