CVE-2022-50175
Not scored
media: tw686x: Fix memory leak in tw686x_video_init
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.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
June 18, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
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04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-50175
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0597bcf774896a002edcc7934a9cdbb932b66702
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/611f86965df013d6021e6cd0d155b1734ad2cf21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b412db51db24dfba22c96948580d4a12f831397
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c142a7531b90c6b0f946c82d3f504b3f36a207df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0b212ec9d8177d6f7c404315293f6a085d6ee42
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50175.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50175