CVE-2022-50809 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

xhci: dbc: Fix memory leak in xhci_alloc_dbc()

If DbC is already in use, then the allocated memory for the xhci_dbc struct
doesn't get freed before returning NULL, which leads to a memleak.

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References

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/103b459590e1eb4d80b02761eb36c7cae1d9b58e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/116d6a6964986ea7eb516daa36128d270f1f248d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69e67c804d09a6b1bcda1f4f242f151f813eeb4a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d591b32e519603524a35b172156db71df9116902

History

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xhci: dbc: Fix memory leak in xhci_alloc_dbc() If DbC is already in use, then the allocated memory for the xhci_dbc struct doesn't get freed before returning NULL, which leads to a memleak.
Title		xhci: dbc: Fix memory leak in xhci_alloc_dbc()
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/103b459590e1eb4d80b02761eb36c7cae1d9b58e https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/116d6a6964986ea7eb516daa36128d270f1f248d https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69e67c804d09a6b1bcda1f4f242f151f813eeb4a https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d591b32e519603524a35b172156db71df9116902

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-12-30T12:08:27.242Z

Updated: 2025-12-30T12:08:27.242Z

Reserved: 2025-12-30T12:06:07.129Z

Link: CVE-2022-50809

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-30T13:15:55.027

Modified: 2025-12-30T13:15:55.027

Link: CVE-2022-50809

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