CVE-2022-50642
Published: Dec 9, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/chrome: cros_ec_typec: zero out stale pointers `cros_typec_get_switch_handles` allocates four pointers when obtaining type-c switch handles. These pointers are all freed if failing to obtain any of them; therefore, pointers in `port` become stale. The stale pointers eventually cause use-after-free or double free in later code paths. Zeroing out all pointer fields after freeing to eliminate these stale pointers.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected f28adb41dab4a2795fd959750df57adffd2bb0be - < 0ceadb5a3e45f1b81cf54bd496b40a5e50b6bd40affected f28adb41dab4a2795fd959750df57adffd2bb0be - < b610758bb3e0674644c1255cdafc2f46b7e05ff9affected f28adb41dab4a2795fd959750df57adffd2bb0be - < 6613f36a2fa5c69e528bccba8b3d831f759dad2faffected f28adb41dab4a2795fd959750df57adffd2bb0be - < 9a8aadcf0b459c1257b9477fd6402e1d5952ae07 |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.9unaffected 0 - < 5.9unaffected 5.15.86 - <= 5.15.*unaffected 6.0.16 - <= 6.0.*unaffected 6.1.2 - <= 6.1.*+1 more versions |
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