{"cve":"CVE-2022-50404","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-18T16:15:43.507","modified":"2026-06-17T05:23:28.093","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfbdev: fbcon: release buffer when fbcon_do_set_font() failed\n\nsyzbot is reporting memory leak at fbcon_do_set_font() [1], for\ncommit a5a923038d70 (\"fbdev: fbcon: Properly revert changes when\nvc_resize() failed\") missed that the buffer might be newly allocated\nby fbcon_set_font().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06926607b9fddf7ce8017493899ce6eb7e79a123","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c3bfb8586f848317ceba5d777e11204ba3e5758","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a341810a22e51c3a7a108f7896b5fd58d44d127","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88ec6d11052da527eb9268831e7a9bc5bbad02f6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a609bfc1e644a8467cb31945ed1488374ebdc013"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:10:08.713834912+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50404","score":0.00163,"percentile":0.05469,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}