CVE-2022-50404 — fbdev: fbcon: release buffer when fbcon_do_set_font() failed
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_se…
Published: 2025-09-18 · CVSS: 5.5 · CVSS 3.1
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().
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7