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Unscored CVE-2022-49982 EUVD-2022-55261GHSA-xpgf-3r4f-4546

media: pvrusb2: fix memory leak in pvr_probe

Published Jun 18, 2025 · Updated May 11, 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-lts-xenial Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 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 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

media: pvrusb2: fix memory leak in pvr_probe

The error handling code in pvr2_hdw_create forgets to unregister the
v4l2 device. When pvr2_hdw_create returns back to pvr2_context_create,
it calls pvr2_context_destroy to destroy context, but mp->hdw is NULL,
which leads to that pvr2_hdw_destroy directly returns.

Fix this by adding v4l2_device_unregister to decrease the refcount of
usb interface.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 2.6.30 4.9.327

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 6.0.2-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.0.2-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.0.2-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-57.63 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1027.31 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1030.37 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1030.37.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1026.33 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1024.29 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1012.16 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1022.25 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1023.28 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1025.30 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1015.15 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1026.32 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1022.24 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-132.148 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1089.97 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 +1 5.15.0-1027.31~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1095.101 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1030.37~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1050.56 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1093.102 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1027.34~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-57.63~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1037.42 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1023.28~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1006.8 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1079.85 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-58.64~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1087.96 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1027.33~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1074.85 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux 4.15.0-201.212 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws 4.15.0-1147.159 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1089.97~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1158.173 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1095.101~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1142.158 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1093.102~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-132.148~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1037.42~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.15.0-1133.138 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1112.123 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1087.96~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1074.85~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1029.32 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1089.97+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1095.101+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1065.74 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1093.102+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 4.15.0-2087.93 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 4.15.0-2067.73 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips 4.15.0-1104.115 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 4.15.0-2052.57 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1147.159~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1159.174~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1142.158~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-201.212~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1112.123~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1158.173~14.04.1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2458
RHEL 9 perf +48 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2458
RHEL 8 perf +26 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 RHSA-2023:2951
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1.150500.6.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +3 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2.150400.24.86.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-docs +2 5.14.21-150400.24.170.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
Show 10 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1.150500.6.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default +1 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2.150400.24.86.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +2 5.14.21-150400.24.170.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1.150500.6.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.100.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02321-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source +1 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02321-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2.150400.24.86.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.124.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02322-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2.150400.24.86.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.124.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02322-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_28 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1.150500.6.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +2 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2.150400.24.86.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-docs +2 5.14.21-150400.24.170.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default +1 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2.150400.24.86.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-syms +1 5.14.21-150400.24.170.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2.150400.24.86.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-syms +1 5.14.21-150400.24.170.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1

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