CVE-2022-50404 (GCVE-0-2022-50404)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-18 16:03
Modified
2025-09-18 16:03
Severity ?
Summary
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().
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Linux Linux Version: ebd6f886aa2447fcfcdce5450c9e1028e1d681bb
Version: a5a923038d70d2d4a86cb4e3f32625a5ee6e7e24
Version: a5a923038d70d2d4a86cb4e3f32625a5ee6e7e24
Version: a5a923038d70d2d4a86cb4e3f32625a5ee6e7e24
Version: f08ccb792d3eaf1dc62d8cbf6a30d6522329f660
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