Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 5.15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/chrome: crosectypec: Stale pointers have been set to zero. The function crostypecgetswitchhandles allocates four pointers when obtaining type-c switch handles. These pointers are all freed if none of them are obtained...

Linux kernel cros_typec_get_switch_handles Heap Buffer Overflow DoS

The vulnerability of the crostypecgetswitchhandles function in the drivers/platform/chrome/crosectypec.c module of the Linux kernel is related to the reutilization of previously freed memory. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and...

CVE-2022-50642

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/chrome: crosectypec: zero out stale pointers crostypecgetswitchhandles allocates four pointers when obtaining type-c switch handles. These pointers are all freed if failing to obtain any of them; therefore, pointers in...

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50642

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/chrome: crosectypec: zero out stale pointers crostypecgetswitchhandles allocates four pointers when obtaining type-c switch handles. These pointers are all freed if failing to obtain any of them; therefore, pointers in...

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50642

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/chrome: crosectypec: zero out stale pointers crostypecgetswitchhandles allocates four pointers when obtaining type-c switch handles. These pointers are all freed if failing to obtain any of them; therefore, pointers in...

CVE-2022-50642 platform/chrome: cros_ec_typec: zero out stale pointers

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/chrome: crosectypec: zero out stale pointers crostypecgetswitchhandles allocates four pointers when obtaining type-c switch handles. These pointers are all freed if failing to obtain any of them; therefore, pointers in...

CVE-2022-50642 platform/chrome: cros_ec_typec: zero out stale pointers

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/chrome: crosectypec: zero out stale pointers crostypecgetswitchhandles allocates four pointers when obtaining type-c switch handles. These pointers are all freed if failing to obtain any of them; therefore, pointers in...

PT-2025-49622

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description The Linux kernel contains a flaw in the platform/chrome: cros ec typec component where stale pointers can occur after freeing memory in the cros typec get switch handles function. This...