CVE-2022-50667 drm/vmwgfx: Fix memory leak in vmw_mksstat_add_ioctl()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Fix memory leak in vmwmksstataddioctl 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...

CVE-2022-50667 drm/vmwgfx: Fix memory leak in vmw_mksstat_add_ioctl()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Fix memory leak in vmwmksstataddioctl 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...

CVE-2022-50667

CVE-2022-50667 affects Linux kernel drm/vmwgfx: memory leak in vmw_mksstat_add_ioctl when copying a userspace description fails, causing a leak of the instance descriptor page. SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1 (SUSE SLES15 SP5 kernel) lists CVE-2022-50667 among fixed issues, indicating a kernel ...

PT-2025-49698

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description A memory leak exists in the vmw mksstat add ioctl function within the drm/vmwgfx module. This occurs when copying a description string from user space fails, preventing the instance...

Linux kernel 安全漏洞

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that stems from a vmwgfx driver memory leak that could result in a descriptor page not being freed...