Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-50882

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: uvcvideo: Fix memory leak in uvc_gpio_parse Previously the unit buffer was allocated before checking the IRQ for privacy GPIO. In case of error, the unit buffer was leaked. Allocate the unit buffer after the IRQ to avoid it. Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1474639 ("Resource leak")

Published · last modified .

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (8.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 8.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-50882: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 2886477ff98740cc3333cf785e4de0b1ff3d7a28, 5.12, 0

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