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 ...

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...

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...

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...