Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 7, 2025
usb: gadget: f_hid: fix refcount leak on error path
CVE-2022-50514
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: gadget: f_hid: fix refcount leak on error path
When failing to allocate report_desc, opts->refcnt has already been incremented so it needs to be decremented to avoid leaving the options structure permanently locked.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 3.19
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
7- git.kernel.org/stable/c/216437dd64fce36791a3b6cc8f8013df36856958mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/70a3288a7586526315105c699b687d78cd32559amitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/80dc47e751a837106c09bec73964ff8f7ea280b4mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/95412c932b3c9e8cc4431dac4fac8fcd80d54982mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d4a0aca8a75550d3456c8de339a341dc4536ec5mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba78f7c10606719f702c04a15fb0471507b32d7bmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e88b89a096af0001bcff6bf7ad2feb1486487173mitre
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