CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-50542
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-10-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: si470x: Fix use-after-free in si470x_int_in_callback()
syzbot reported use-after-free in si470x_int_in_callback() [1]. This
indicates that urb->context, which contains struct si470x_device
object, is freed when si470x_int_in_callback() is called.
The cause of this issue is that si470x_int_in_callback() is called for
freed urb.
si470x_usb_driver_probe() calls si470x_start_usb(), which then calls
usb_submit_urb() and si470x_start(). If si470x_start_usb() fails,
si470x_usb_driver_probe() doesn't kill urb, but it just frees struct
si470x_device object, as depicted below:
si470x_usb_driver_probe()
...
si470x_start_usb()
...
usb_submit_urb()
retval = si470x_start()
return retval
if (retval < 0)
free struct si470x_device object, but don't kill urb
This patch fixes this issue by killing urb when si470x_start_usb()
fails and urb is submitted. If si470x_start_usb() fails and urb is
not submitted, i.e. submitting usb fails, it just frees struct
si470x_device object.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.6 < 4.9.337)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.10 < 4.14.303)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.15 < 4.19.270)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.20 < 5.4.229)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.5 < 5.10.163)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.86)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.0.16)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.1 < 6.1.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ca298d548461d29615f9a2b1309e8dcf4a352c6 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/146bd005ebb01ae190c22af050cb98623958c373 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c6447d0fc68650e51586dde79b5090d9d77f13a Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52f54fe78cca24850a30865037250f63eb3d5bf7 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63648a7bd1a7599bcc2040a6d1792363ae4c2e1b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c8aee0c8fcc6dda94315f7908e8fa9bc75abe75 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d21e0b1b41b21d628bf2afce777727bd4479aa5 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c6151b8e8dd2d98ad2cd725d26d1e103d989891 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92b0888398e4ba51d93b618a6506781f4e3879c9 Patch