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CVE-2022-50404

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2025-09-18 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: fbcon: release buffer when fbcon_do_set_font() failed syzbot is reporting memory leak at fbcon_do_set_font() [1], for commit a5a923038d70 ("fbdev: fbcon: Properly revert changes when vc_resize() failed") missed that the buffer might be newly allocated by fbcon_set_font().

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-401, CWE-401

References