CVE-2022-50667 - CVE House

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Status published Unknown CVE-2022-50667

drm/vmwgfx: Fix memory leak in vmw_mksstat_add_ioctl()

0 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vmwgfx: Fix memory leak in vmw_mksstat_add_ioctl() If the copy of the description string from userspace fails, then the page for the instance descriptor doesn't get freed before returning -EFAULT, which leads to a memleak.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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Affected Vendor

Linux

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Affected Software

Linux

Vulnerable Versions:

7a7a933edd6c3a6d5d64e08093f2d564104cefcd, 5.15, 0, 5.15.75, 5.19.17, 6.0.3, 6.1

Timeline

Official Publish: December 9th, 2025

Last Modified: May 11th, 2026

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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