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FKIE_CVE-2022-50667

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-09 16:17 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:23
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Summary
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.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53066b144715332ce9370143c33c50d9a4d3e809
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ad40bbb2c25f17b899fcea114ebc0a46d8a938b
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a40c7f61d12fbd1e785e59140b9efd57127c0c33
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b47a37ad4a444d82f9caf153a79d090b79786ebb
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrm/vmwgfx: Fix memory leak in vmw_mksstat_add_ioctl()\n\nIf the copy of the description string from userspace fails, then the page\nfor the instance descriptor doesn\u0027t get freed before returning -EFAULT,\nwhich leads to a memleak."
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  "id": "CVE-2022-50667",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T05:23:57.783",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-12-09T16:17:18.713",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred"
}



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