In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

staging: vt6655: fix some erroneous memory clean-up loops

In some initialization functions of this driver, memory is allocated with
'i' acting as an index variable and increasing from 0. The commit in
"Fixes" introduces some clean-up codes in case of allocation failure,
which free memory in reverse order with 'i' decreasing to 0. However,
there are some problems:
- The case i=0 is left out. Thus memory is leaked.
- In case memory allocation fails right from the start, the memory
freeing loops will start with i=-1 and invalid memory locations will
be accessed.

One of these loops has been fixed in commit c8ff91535880 ("staging:
vt6655: fix potential memory leak"). Fix the remaining erroneous loops.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-55643 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: vt6655: fix some erroneous memory clean-up loops In some initialization functions of this driver, memory is allocated with 'i' acting as an index variable and increasing from 0. The commit in "Fixes" introduces some clean-up codes in case of allocation failure, which free memory in reverse order with 'i' decreasing to 0. However, there are some problems: - The case i=0 is left out. Thus memory is leaked. - In case memory allocation fails right from the start, the memory freeing loops will start with i=-1 and invalid memory locations will be accessed. One of these loops has been fixed in commit c8ff91535880 ("staging: vt6655: fix potential memory leak"). Fix the remaining erroneous loops.
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-401
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: vt6655: fix some erroneous memory clean-up loops In some initialization functions of this driver, memory is allocated with 'i' acting as an index variable and increasing from 0. The commit in "Fixes" introduces some clean-up codes in case of allocation failure, which free memory in reverse order with 'i' decreasing to 0. However, there are some problems: - The case i=0 is left out. Thus memory is leaked. - In case memory allocation fails right from the start, the memory freeing loops will start with i=-1 and invalid memory locations will be accessed. One of these loops has been fixed in commit c8ff91535880 ("staging: vt6655: fix potential memory leak"). Fix the remaining erroneous loops.
Title staging: vt6655: fix some erroneous memory clean-up loops
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-17T14:56:08.356Z

Reserved: 2025-09-17T14:53:06.993Z

Link: CVE-2022-50355

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-09-17T15:15:34.150

Modified: 2025-12-10T16:58:20.887

Link: CVE-2022-50355

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-09-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50355 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-09-18T12:41:29Z

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