The vulnerability of the hd44780_probe() function in the drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780.c module of the Linux kernel allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the hd44780probe function in the drivers/auxdisplay/hd44780.c module of the Linux kernel is related to improper memory release. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to cause service interruptions...

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50830

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: auxdisplay: hd44780: Fix potential memory leak in hd44780remove hd44780probe allocates a memory chunk for hd with kzalloc and makes "lcd-drvdata-hd44780" point to it. When we call hd44780remove, we should release all relevant...

CVE-2022-50830

The CVE-2022-50830 issue affects the Linux kernel’s auxdisplay hd44780 driver. In hd44780_probe(), kzalloc() allocates memory for hd and assigns lcd->drvdata->hd44780. The vulnerability arises because hd44780_remove() fails to release lcd->drvdata->hd44780, causing a memory leak. The ...