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CVE-2022-50222

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CVE-2022-50222

Published: Jun 18, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: vt: initialize unicode screen buffer syzbot reports kernel infoleak at vcs_read() [1], for buffer can be read immediately after resize operation. Initialize buffer using kzalloc(). ---------- #include <fcntl.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <sys/ioctl.h> #include <linux/fb.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { struct fb_var_screeninfo var = { }; const int fb_fd = open("/dev/fb0", 3); ioctl(fb_fd, FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO, &var); var.yres = 0x21; ioctl(fb_fd, FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO, &var); return read(open("/dev/vcsu", O_RDONLY), &var, sizeof(var)) == -1; } ----------

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
d8ae7242718738ee1bf9bfdd632d2a4b150fdd26 - < e02fa87e572bb7d90dcdbce9c0f519f1eb992e96
affected
d8ae7242718738ee1bf9bfdd632d2a4b150fdd26 - < cc9e874dace0c89ae535230c7da19b764746811e
affected
d8ae7242718738ee1bf9bfdd632d2a4b150fdd26 - < 5c6c65681f39bf71bc72ed589dec3b8b20e75cac
affected
d8ae7242718738ee1bf9bfdd632d2a4b150fdd26 - < 446f123aa6021e5f75a20789f05ff3f7ae51a42f
affected
d8ae7242718738ee1bf9bfdd632d2a4b150fdd26 - < 777a462e1ae50a01fc4a871efa8e34d596a1e17d

+2 more versions

Linux

Linux

affected
4.19
unaffected
0 - < 4.19
unaffected
4.19.256 - <= 4.19.*
unaffected
5.4.211 - <= 5.4.*
unaffected
5.10.137 - <= 5.10.*

+4 more versions

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