CVE-2022-50404
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
18/09/2025
Last modified:
19/09/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
fbdev: fbcon: release buffer when fbcon_do_set_font() failed<br />
<br />
syzbot is reporting memory leak at fbcon_do_set_font() [1], for<br />
commit a5a923038d70 ("fbdev: fbcon: Properly revert changes when<br />
vc_resize() failed") missed that the buffer might be newly allocated<br />
by fbcon_set_font().