# CVE-2022-50725: CVE-2022-50725

Status: published. Published: 2025-12-24. Updated: 2026-11-10.

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

media: vidtv: Fix use-after-free in vidtv_bridge_dvb_init()

KASAN reports a use-after-free:
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in dvb_dmxdev_release+0x4d5/0x5d0 [dvb_core]
Call Trace:
 ...
 dvb_dmxdev_release+0x4d5/0x5d0 [dvb_core]
 vidtv_bridge_probe+0x7bf/0xa40 [dvb_vidtv_bridge]
 platform_probe+0xb6/0x170
 ...
Allocated by task 1238:
 ...
 dvb_register_device+0x1a7/0xa70 [dvb_core]
 dvb_dmxdev_init+0x2af/0x4a0 [dvb_core]
 vidtv_bridge_probe+0x766/0xa40 [dvb_vidtv_bridge]
 ...
Freed by task 1238:
 dvb_register_device+0x6d2/0xa70 [dvb_core]
 dvb_dmxdev_init+0x2af/0x4a0 [dvb_core]
 vidtv_bridge_probe+0x766/0xa40 [dvb_vidtv_bridge]
 ...

It is because the error handling in vidtv_bridge_dvb_init() is wrong.

First, vidtv_bridge_dmx(dev)_init() will clean themselves when fail, but
goto fail_dmx(_dev): calls release functions again, which causes
use-after-free.

Also, in fail_fe, fail_tuner_probe and fail_demod_probe, j = i will cause
out-of-bound when i finished its loop (i == NUM_FE). And the loop
releasing is wrong, although now NUM_FE is 1 so it won't cause problem.

Fix this by correctly releasing everything.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

Not reported in collected sources.

## Severity and prioritization

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: Not reported

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0369af6fe33d4053899b121b32e91f870b2cf0ae (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06398ce69571a43a8a0dd0f1bfe35d221f726a6a (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a204a0b4a0d105229735222c515759ea2b126c1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba8d9405935097e296bcf7a942c3a01df0edb865 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c290aa527fd832d278c6388a3ba53a9890fbd74a (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

## Provenance

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50725; retrieved 2026-11-10; source updated 2026-11-10

Revision: 3592d0262d7c0bfba773ea4a9694f0fb260a589157eaefcf739307107dfb1ae8

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2022-50725

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