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().

Impact