In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: dvb-core: Fix double free in dvb_register_device()
In function dvb_register_device() -> dvb_register_media_device() ->
dvb_create_media_entity(), dvb->entity is allocated and initialized. If
the initialization fails, it frees the dvb->entity, and return an error
code. The caller takes the error code and handles the error by calling
dvb_media_device_free(), which unregisters the entity and frees the
field again if it is not NULL. As dvb->entity may not NULLed in
dvb_create_media_entity() when the allocation of dvbdev->pad fails, a
double free may occur. This may also cause an Use After free in
media_device_unregister_entity().
Fix this by storing NULL to dvb->entity when it is freed.
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Sat, 04 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000
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Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: dvb-core: Fix double free in dvb_register_device() In function dvb_register_device() -> dvb_register_media_device() -> dvb_create_media_entity(), dvb->entity is allocated and initialized. If the initialization fails, it frees the dvb->entity, and return an error code. The caller takes the error code and handles the error by calling dvb_media_device_free(), which unregisters the entity and frees the field again if it is not NULL. As dvb->entity may not NULLed in dvb_create_media_entity() when the allocation of dvbdev->pad fails, a double free may occur. This may also cause an Use After free in media_device_unregister_entity(). Fix this by storing NULL to dvb->entity when it is freed. | |
Title | media: dvb-core: Fix double free in dvb_register_device() | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-10-04T15:43:50.064Z
Reserved: 2025-10-04T15:39:19.464Z
Link: CVE-2022-50499

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Status : Received
Published: 2025-10-04T16:15:47.027
Modified: 2025-10-04T16:15:47.027
Link: CVE-2022-50499

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