5.5

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 when
vc_resize() failed") missed that the buffer might be newly allocated
by fbcon_set_font().
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Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.15.64 < 5.15.86
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.19.6 < 6.0
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.0.1 < 6.0.16
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.1 < 6.1.2
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.0 Update-
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.0 Updaterc3
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.0 Updaterc4
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.0 Updaterc5
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.0 Updaterc6
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.0 Updaterc7
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.02% 0.034
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.