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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2022-49741 EUVD-2022-55182GHSA-cx4p-cv2h-hf45

fbdev: smscufx: fix error handling code in ufx_usb_probe

Published Mar 27, 2025 · Updated May 23, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-4.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

fbdev: smscufx: fix error handling code in ufx_usb_probe

The current error handling code in ufx_usb_probe have many unmatching
issues, e.g., missing ufx_free_usb_list, destroy_modedb label should
only include framebuffer_release, fb_dealloc_cmap only matches
fb_alloc_cmap.

My local syzkaller reports a memory leak bug:

memory leak in ufx_usb_probe

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff88802f879580 (size 128):
comm "kworker/0:7", pid 17416, jiffies 4295067474 (age 46.710s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
80 21 7c 2e 80 88 ff ff 18 d0 d0 0c 80 88 ff ff .!|.............
00 d0 d0 0c 80 88 ff ff e0 ff ff ff 0f 00 00 00 ................
backtrace:
[<ffffffff814c99a0>] kmalloc_trace+0x20/0x90 mm/slab_common.c:1045
[<ffffffff824d219c>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:553 [inline]
[<ffffffff824d219c>] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:689 [inline]
[<ffffffff824d219c>] ufx_alloc_urb_list drivers/video/fbdev/smscufx.c:1873 [inline]
[<ffffffff824d219c>] ufx_usb_probe+0x11c/0x15a0 drivers/video/fbdev/smscufx.c:1655
[<ffffffff82d17927>] usb_probe_interface+0x177/0x370 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
[<ffffffff82712f0d>] call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:560 [inline]
[<ffffffff82712f0d>] really_probe+0x12d/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:639
[<ffffffff8271322f>] __driver_probe_device+0xbf/0x140 drivers/base/dd.c:778
[<ffffffff827132da>] driver_probe_device+0x2a/0x120 drivers/base/dd.c:808
[<ffffffff82713c27>] __device_attach_driver+0xf7/0x150 drivers/base/dd.c:936
[<ffffffff82710137>] bus_for_each_drv+0xb7/0x100 drivers/base/bus.c:427
[<ffffffff827136b5>] __device_attach+0x105/0x2d0 drivers/base/dd.c:1008
[<ffffffff82711d36>] bus_probe_device+0xc6/0xe0 drivers/base/bus.c:487
[<ffffffff8270e242>] device_add+0x642/0xdc0 drivers/base/core.c:3517
[<ffffffff82d14d5f>] usb_set_configuration+0x8ef/0xb80 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2170
[<ffffffff82d2576c>] usb_generic_driver_probe+0x8c/0xc0 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238
[<ffffffff82d16ffc>] usb_probe_device+0x5c/0x140 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:293
[<ffffffff82712f0d>] call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:560 [inline]
[<ffffffff82712f0d>] really_probe+0x12d/0x390 drivers/base/dd.c:639
[<ffffffff8271322f>] __driver_probe_device+0xbf/0x140 drivers/base/dd.c:778

Fix this bug by rewriting the error handling code in ufx_usb_probe.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.4.223 – < 5.4.232, 5.10.153 – < 5.10.168, 5.15.77 – < 5.15.93, 4.9.332 – < 4.10, 4.14.298 – < 4.15, 4.19.264 – < 4.20, 6.0.7 – < 6.1, 6.1 5.4.232

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.1.11-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.1.11-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.11-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1017.19 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-72.79 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1036.40 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1038.45 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1038.45.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1034.42 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1033.38 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1020.25 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1030.33 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1030.35 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1025.25 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1035.41 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1029.31 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +31 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-149.166 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1102.110 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1036.40~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1108.114 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1038.45~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1064.70 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1105.114 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1034.42~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-72.79~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1049.54 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1030.35~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1017.18 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1091.97 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1014.14~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1101.110 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1035.41~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1085.96 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1033.37~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1024.28 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1103.111~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1108.114~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1105.114~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-149.166~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1049.54~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1101.110~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1085.96~18.04.1 —
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1028.33 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1038.41 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1102.110+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1108.114+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1077.86 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1105.114+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp +4 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1.150500.6.49.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150400.24.164.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01627-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.164.1.150400.24.82.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01627-1
Show 11 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1.150500.6.49.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.164.1.150400.24.82.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01627-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150400.24.164.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01627-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1.150500.6.49.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.94.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01640-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source +1 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.164.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01627-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.164.1.150400.24.82.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01627-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.118.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1573-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.164.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01627-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.164.1.150400.24.82.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01627-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.118.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1573-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_26 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.164.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01627-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_40 1-150400.9.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01627-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.103.1.150500.6.49.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150400.24.164.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01627-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.164.1.150400.24.82.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01627-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.164.1.150400.24.82.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01627-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-syms +3 5.14.21-150400.24.164.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01627-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.164.1.150400.24.82.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01627-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-syms +2 5.14.21-150400.24.164.1 SUSE-SU-2025:01627-1

Advisories 5

References