CVE-2022-50514

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: fhid: fix refcount leak on error path When failing to allocate reportdesc, opts-refcnt has already been incremented so it needs to be decremented to avoid leaving the options structure permanently locked...

CVE-2022-50514

CVE-2022-50514 concerns the Linux kernel’s usb gadget f_hid path. The vulnerability arises from a refcount leak on the error path when report_desc allocation fails: opts->refcnt has already been incremented and must be decremented to avoid leaving the options structure permanently locked. The ...