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CVE-2022-50514

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

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Severity

Unknown

Red Hat Product Security

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CVSS

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Published · October 7, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

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.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CWE not specified