What is CVE-2022-50175?

CVE-2022-50175 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-06-18.

How severe is CVE-2022-50175?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-50175

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.

EPSS: 0.002 (10.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 704a84ccdbf19fdce9adfda0b936dfdcac52fa49, 4.7, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50175?: CVE-2022-50175 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2022-50175?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.