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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

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References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fc044b2b5e2d05a1fa1fb0d7f270367a7855d79 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/219b44bf94203bd433aa91b7796475bf656348e5 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2abd73433872194bccdf1432a0980e4ec5273c2a cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d18b44bb44e1f4d97dfe0efe92ac0f0984739c2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88a6f8a72d167294c0931c7874941bf37a41b6dd cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9945d05d6693710574f354c5dbddc47f5101eb77 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2f0a08aa613176c9688c81d7b598a7779974991 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac521bbe3d00fa574e66a9361763f2b37725bc97 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091505-CVE-2022-50274-ad8d@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50274 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50274 cve-icon
History

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title media: dvbdev: adopts refcnt to avoid UAF
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-09-15T14:21:10.383Z

Updated: 2025-09-15T14:21:10.383Z

Reserved: 2025-09-15T13:58:00.975Z

Link: CVE-2022-50274

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-15T15:15:38.330

Modified: 2025-09-15T15:22:27.090

Link: CVE-2022-50274

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50274 - Bugzilla