CVE-2022-50274

critical

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: dvbdev: adopts refcnt to avoid UAF dvb_unregister_device() is known that prone to use-after-free. That is, the cleanup from dvb_unregister_device() releases the dvb_device even if there are pointers stored in file->private_data still refer to it. This patch adds a reference counter into struct dvb_device and delays its deallocation until no pointer refers to the object.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac521bbe3d00fa574e66a9361763f2b37725bc97

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2f0a08aa613176c9688c81d7b598a7779974991

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9945d05d6693710574f354c5dbddc47f5101eb77

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88a6f8a72d167294c0931c7874941bf37a41b6dd

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d18b44bb44e1f4d97dfe0efe92ac0f0984739c2

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2abd73433872194bccdf1432a0980e4ec5273c2a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/219b44bf94203bd433aa91b7796475bf656348e5

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fc044b2b5e2d05a1fa1fb0d7f270367a7855d79

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-09-15

Updated: 2025-09-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00024