PT-2025-26101 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Published 2025-06-18 · Updated 2025-11-28 · CVE-2022-50175

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A memory leak issue has been identified in the Linux kernel, specifically in the tw686x video initialization function. The video device alloc() function allocates memory for vdev, but when video register device() fails, it does not release the memory, leading to a memory leak. This issue is resolved by calling video device release().

Recommendations To resolve this issue, ensure that video device release() is called when video register device() fails to prevent memory leaks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-50175

SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02321-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02322-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1

SUSE-SU-2025:2264-1

SUSE-SU-2025_02264-1

SUSE-SU-2025_02537-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linux Kernel

Suse

References · 590

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50175.json · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50175 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50175 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c142a7531b90c6b0f946c82d3f504b3f36a207df · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/611f86965df013d6021e6cd0d155b1734ad2cf21 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02322-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0b212ec9d8177d6f7c404315293f6a085d6ee42 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0597bcf774896a002edcc7934a9cdbb932b66702 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b412db51db24dfba22c96948580d4a12f831397 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50175 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50175 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02321-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50175 · Vendor Advisory