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CVE-2022-50499

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CVE-2022-50499

Published: Oct 4, 2025

Modified: May 23, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: dvb-core: Fix double free in dvb_register_device() In function dvb_register_device() -> dvb_register_media_device() -> dvb_create_media_entity(), dvb->entity is allocated and initialized. If the initialization fails, it frees the dvb->entity, and return an error code. The caller takes the error code and handles the error by calling dvb_media_device_free(), which unregisters the entity and frees the field again if it is not NULL. As dvb->entity may not NULLed in dvb_create_media_entity() when the allocation of dvbdev->pad fails, a double free may occur. This may also cause an Use After free in media_device_unregister_entity(). Fix this by storing NULL to dvb->entity when it is freed.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
9db28659aa893c68f162b11fd63bb7f6a713e52f - < 0588b12c418c3e4f927ced11f27b02ef4a5bfb07
affected
1399a136127bfe1b9bb7c951d9851da62a519121 - < e9a78485b658361fab6a5547377be6c1af6f1b3d
affected
4df2427a5148093987437054bb82da4d014dcd59 - < 70bc51303871159796b55ba1a8f16637b46c2511
affected
fcd5ce4b3936242e6679875a4d3c3acfc8743e15 - < b21f62b49ee9c3e0216d685d9cfd6003e5727271
affected
fcd5ce4b3936242e6679875a4d3c3acfc8743e15 - < 7dd5a68cdbbbe7fc67ba701cb52ba10d8ba149f8

+11 more versions

Linux

Linux

affected
5.4
unaffected
0 - < 5.4
unaffected
4.9.337 - <= 4.9.*
unaffected
4.14.303 - <= 4.14.*
unaffected
4.19.270 - <= 4.19.*

+6 more versions

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