GSD-2022-1006801 staging: vt6655: fix some erroneous memory clean-up loops

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Erroneous memory clean-up loops in the vt6655 staging driver can lead to memory corruption issues, potentially causing system instability or crashes.

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Fix
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What is GSD-2022-1006801?

GSD-2022-1006801 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Kernel, published on 14 Nov 2022.

Official description

staging: vt6655: fix some erroneous memory clean-up loops

This is an automated ID intended to aid in discovery of potential security vulnerabilities. The actual impact and attack plausibility have not yet been proven. This ID is fixed in Linux Kernel version v6.0.3 by commit ed11b73c963292e7b49c0f37025c58ed3b7921d6, it was introduced in version v4.18 by commit 5341ee0adb17d12a96dc5344e0d267cd12b52135. For more details please see the references link.

Which versions are affected by GSD-2022-1006801?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including Kernel.

PackageAffectedFixed in
Kernel LinuxAll versionsNone

How do I fix GSD-2022-1006801?

No fix has been published for GSD-2022-1006801 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is GSD-2022-1006801 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of GSD-2022-1006801 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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