Bug 2426184 (CVE-2022-50882)

Summary: CVE-2022-50882 kernel: media: uvcvideo: Fix memory leak in uvc_gpio_parse
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A memory leak was found in the UVC video driver's GPIO parsing code. When IRQ acquisition fails for a privacy GPIO, the previously allocated unit buffer is not freed, causing a memory leak.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-12-30 13:14:52 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: uvcvideo: Fix memory leak in uvc_gpio_parse

Previously the unit buffer was allocated before checking the IRQ for
privacy GPIO. In case of error, the unit buffer was leaked.

Allocate the unit buffer after the IRQ to avoid it.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1474639 ("Resource leak")