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CVE-2022-50175
media: tw686x: Fix memory leak in tw686x_video_init
Medium5.5EPSS 0.24%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: tw686x: Fix memory leak in tw686x_video_init video_device_alloc() allocates memory for vdev, when video_register_device() fails, it doesn't release the memory and leads to memory leak, call video_device_release() to fix this.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 84% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 704a84ccdbf19fdce9adfda0b936dfdcac52fa49 – < 611f86965df013d6021e6cd0d155b1734ad2cf21
- affected 704a84ccdbf19fdce9adfda0b936dfdcac52fa49 – < 0597bcf774896a002edcc7934a9cdbb932b66702
- affected 704a84ccdbf19fdce9adfda0b936dfdcac52fa49 – < c142a7531b90c6b0f946c82d3f504b3f36a207df
- affected 704a84ccdbf19fdce9adfda0b936dfdcac52fa49 – < 8b412db51db24dfba22c96948580d4a12f831397
- affected 704a84ccdbf19fdce9adfda0b936dfdcac52fa49 – < e0b212ec9d8177d6f7c404315293f6a085d6ee42
- affected 4.7
- unaffected < 4.7
- unaffected 5.10.137 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.61 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 5.18.18 – ≤ 5.18.*
- unaffected 5.19.2 – ≤ 5.19.*
- unaffected 6.0 – ≤ *
References (5)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/611f86965df013d6021e6cd0d155b1734ad2cf21 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0597bcf774896a002edcc7934a9cdbb932b66702 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c142a7531b90c6b0f946c82d3f504b3f36a207df (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b412db51db24dfba22c96948580d4a12f831397 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0b212ec9d8177d6f7c404315293f6a085d6ee42 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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