CVE-2022-50355

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: vt6655: fix some erroneous memory clean-up loops In some initialization functions of this driver, memory is allocated with 'i' acting as an index variable and increasing from 0. The commit in "Fixes" introduces some clean-up codes in case of allocation failure, which free memory in reverse order with 'i' decreasing to 0. However, there are some problems: - The case i=0 is left out. Thus memory is leaked. - In case memory allocation fails right from the start, the memory freeing loops will start with i=-1 and invalid memory locations will be accessed. One of these loops has been fixed in commit c8ff91535880 ("staging: vt6655: fix potential memory leak"). Fix the remaining erroneous loops.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a2db520e3ca5aafba7c211abfd397666c9b5f9d	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/637672a71f5016a40b0a6c0f3c8ad25eacedc8c3	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88b9cc60f26e8a05d1ddbddf91b09ca2915f20e0	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95ac62e8545be2b0a8cae0beef7c682e2e470e48	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9e9806d1c315bc50dce05479a079b9a104474b8	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed11b73c963292e7b49c0f37025c58ed3b7921d6	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f19e5b7df54590c831f350381963f25585c8f7d5	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

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Information

Published : 2025-09-17 15:15

Updated : 2026-01-14 19:16

NVD link : CVE-2022-50355

Mitre link : CVE-2022-50355

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-50355

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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