vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2022-50642): linux vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Dec 9, 2025 | Dec 11, 2025 | Jan 19, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Dec 9, 2025
Added
Dec 11, 2025
Modified
Jan 19, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/chrome: cros_ec_typec: zero out stale pointers `cros_typec_get_switch_handles` allocates four pointers when obtaining type-c switch handles. These pointers are all freed if failing to obtain any of them; therefore, pointers in `port` become stale. The stale pointers eventually cause use-after-free or double free in later code paths. Zeroing out all pointer fields after freeing to eliminate these stale pointers.
Solutions
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References
- CVE-2022-50642
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-50642
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/linus/9a8aadcf0b459c1257b9477fd6402e1d5952ae07
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ceadb5a3e45f1b81cf54bd496b40a5e50b6bd40
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6613f36a2fa5c69e528bccba8b3d831f759dad2f
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a8aadcf0b459c1257b9477fd6402e1d5952ae07
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b610758bb3e0674644c1255cdafc2f46b7e05ff9
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50642
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