CVE-2022-50809

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xhci: dbc: Fix memory leak in xhci_alloc_dbc() If DbC is already in use, then the allocated memory for the xhci_dbc struct doesn't get freed before returning NULL, which leads to a memleak.

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Published: Dec 30, 2025
Modified: Apr 15, 2026

Description

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

xhci: dbc: Fix memory leak in xhci_alloc_dbc()

If DbC is already in use, then the allocated memory for the xhci_dbc struct
doesn't get freed before returning NULL, which leads to a memleak.

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