CVE-2022-3078 (GCVE-0-2022-3078)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-01 20:52 – Updated: 2024-08-03 01:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.16-rc6. There is a lack of check after calling vzalloc() and lack of free after allocation in drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_s302m.c.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/t… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
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