Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2022-50758
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: vt6655: fix potential memory leak In function device_init_td0_ring, memory is allocated for member td_info of priv->apTD0Rings[i], with i increasing from 0. In case of allocation failure, the memory is freed in reversed order, with i decreasing to 0. However, the case i=0 is left out and thus memory is leaked. Modify the memory freeing loop to include the case i=0.
EPSS: 0.002 (13.1th 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 5341ee0adb17d12a96dc5344e0d267cd12b52135, 4.18, 0
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-50758?
- CVE-2022-50758 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-12-24.
- How severe is CVE-2022-50758?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.