Bug 2373644 (CVE-2022-49982)

Summary: CVE-2022-49982 kernel: media: pvrusb2: fix memory leak in pvr_probe
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-06-18 12:12:00 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: pvrusb2: fix memory leak in pvr_probe

The error handling code in pvr2_hdw_create forgets to unregister the
v4l2 device. When pvr2_hdw_create returns back to pvr2_context_create,
it calls pvr2_context_destroy to destroy context, but mp->hdw is NULL,
which leads to that pvr2_hdw_destroy directly returns.

Fix this by adding v4l2_device_unregister to decrease the refcount of
usb interface.

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-06-18 22:52:44 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025061821-CVE-2022-49982-cb7f@gregkh/T