CVE-2022-50514 PUBLISHED

usb: gadget: f_hid: fix refcount leak on error path

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 07.10.2025 Published: 07.10.2025 Updated: 07.10.2025

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: gadget: f_hid: fix refcount leak on error path

When failing to allocate report_desc, opts->refcnt has already been incremented so it needs to be decremented to avoid leaving the options structure permanently locked.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 21a9476a7ba847e413bf1c144d7c614532aed6dd to 95412c932b3c9e8cc4431dac4fac8fcd80d54982 (excl.)
  • affected from 21a9476a7ba847e413bf1c144d7c614532aed6dd to 80dc47e751a837106c09bec73964ff8f7ea280b4 (excl.)
  • affected from 21a9476a7ba847e413bf1c144d7c614532aed6dd to e88b89a096af0001bcff6bf7ad2feb1486487173 (excl.)
  • affected from 21a9476a7ba847e413bf1c144d7c614532aed6dd to 9d4a0aca8a75550d3456c8de339a341dc4536ec5 (excl.)
  • affected from 21a9476a7ba847e413bf1c144d7c614532aed6dd to ba78f7c10606719f702c04a15fb0471507b32d7b (excl.)
  • affected from 21a9476a7ba847e413bf1c144d7c614532aed6dd to 216437dd64fce36791a3b6cc8f8013df36856958 (excl.)
  • affected from 21a9476a7ba847e413bf1c144d7c614532aed6dd to 70a3288a7586526315105c699b687d78cd32559a (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.19 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.19 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 4.19.270 to 4.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.4.229 to 5.4.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.163 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.86 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.0.16 to 6.0.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.2 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.2 to * (incl.)

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