CVE-2022-50667
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drm/vmwgfx: Fix memory leak in vmw_mksstat_add_ioctl()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Fix memory leak in vmw_mksstat_add_ioctl() If the copy of the description string from userspace fails, then the page for the instance descriptor doesn't get freed before returning -EFAULT, which leads to a memleak.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
December 9, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-50667
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Fix memory leak in vmw_mksstat_add_ioctl() If the copy of the description string from userspace fails, then the page for the instance descriptor doesn't get freed before returning -EFAULT, which leads to a memleak.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53066b144715332ce9370143c33c50d9a4d3e809
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ad40bbb2c25f17b899fcea114ebc0a46d8a938b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a40c7f61d12fbd1e785e59140b9efd57127c0c33
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b47a37ad4a444d82f9caf153a79d090b79786ebb
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50667.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50667