Double Free in Linux
CVE-2022-50115
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: SOF: ipc3-topology: Prevent double freeing of ipc_control_data via load_bytes We have sanity checks for byte controls and if any of the fail the locally allocated scontrol->ipc_control_data is freed up, but not set to NULL. On a rollback path of the error the higher level code will also try to free the scontrol->ipc_control_data which will eventually going to lead to memory corruption as double freeing memory is not a good thing.
Vulnerability class: Double Free
EPSS: 0.002 (6.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions b5cee8feb1d482a9d07b677f4f2f9565bacda53e, 5.18, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-50115?
- CVE-2022-50115 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-06-18.
- How severe is CVE-2022-50115?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.