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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00026.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
7a7a933edd6c3a6d5d64e08093f2d564104cefcd affected < b47a37ad4a444d82f9caf153a79d090b79786ebb
7a7a933edd6c3a6d5d64e08093f2d564104cefcd affected < 6ad40bbb2c25f17b899fcea114ebc0a46d8a938b
7a7a933edd6c3a6d5d64e08093f2d564104cefcd affected < 53066b144715332ce9370143c33c50d9a4d3e809
7a7a933edd6c3a6d5d64e08093f2d564104cefcd affected < a40c7f61d12fbd1e785e59140b9efd57127c0c33
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
5.15 affected —
0 unaffected < 5.15
5.15.75 unaffected ≤ 5.15.*
5.19.17 unaffected ≤ 5.19.*
6.0.3 unaffected ≤ 6.0.*
6.1 unaffected ≤ *

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53066b144715332ce9370143c33c50d9a4d3e809 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ad40bbb2c25f17b899fcea114ebc0a46d8a938b cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a40c7f61d12fbd1e785e59140b9efd57127c0c33 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b47a37ad4a444d82f9caf153a79d090b79786ebb cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025120945-CVE-2022-50667-01f6@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50667 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50667 cve-icon
History

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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 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

Low

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 02:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title drm/vmwgfx: Fix memory leak in vmw_mksstat_add_ioctl()
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-09T01:29:17.925Z

Reserved: 2025-12-09T01:26:45.990Z

Link: CVE-2022-50667

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-09T16:17:18.713

Modified: 2025-12-09T18:37:13.640

Link: CVE-2022-50667

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-12-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50667 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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