6.8

CVE-2022-50667: drm/vmwgfx: Fix memory leak in vmw_mksstat_add_ioctl()

Deferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50667DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50667
Published 09-12-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50667 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (OSV · Ubuntu), selected by version preference
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 2
RHSA-2023:6583RHSA-2023:7077SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1

Timeline

  1. 09-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

15%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.24% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu103 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-60.66
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1030.34
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.0.3-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 7a7a933edd6c3a6d5d64e08093f2d564104cefcd, < b47a37ad4a444d82f9caf153a79d090b79786ebb | ≥ 7a7a933edd6c3a6d5d64e08093f2d564104cefcd, < 6ad40bbb2c25f17b899fcea114ebc0a46d8a938b | ≥ 7a7a933edd6c3a6d5d64e08093f2d564104cefcd, < 53066b144715332ce9370143c33c50d9a4d3e809 | ≥ 7a7a933edd6c3a6d5d64e08093f2d564104cefcd, < a40c7f61d12fbd1e785e59140b9efd57127c0c33 | 5.15

3 vendors · 105 products

References

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