Kernel memory leak via unreleased I2C transmit buffers
Published Oct 21, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Memory leak in the Raydium I2C touchscreen driver in Linux allows attackers to consume kernel memory when a BANK_SWITCH command is processed. The raydium_i2c_send function allocates tx_buf but fails to free it after BANK_SWITCH on both successful and failed transfers. Reachability requires the Raydium I2C driver and a command path to the device; the record demonstrates leaked allocations but documents no crash.
Summary
What happened
Memory leak in the Raydium I2C touchscreen driver in Linux allows attackers to consume kernel memory when a BANK_SWITCH command is processed. The raydium_i2c_send function allocates tx_buf but fails to free it after BANK_SWITCH on both successful and failed transfers. Reachability requires the Raydium I2C driver and a command path to the device; the record demonstrates leaked allocations but documents no crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-48995
- Published
- Oct 21, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Oct 21, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=3b384bd6c3f2d6d3526c77bfb264dfbaf737bc2a <097c1c7a28e3da8f2811ba532be6e81faab15aab
- Affected versionversion=3b384bd6c3f2d6d3526c77bfb264dfbaf737bc2a <53b9b1201e34ccc895971218559123625c56fbcd
- Affected versionversion=3b384bd6c3f2d6d3526c77bfb264dfbaf737bc2a <8c9a59939deb4bfafdc451100c03d1e848b4169b
- Affected versionversion=3b384bd6c3f2d6d3526c77bfb264dfbaf737bc2a <a82869ac52f3d9db4b2cf8fd41edc2dee7a75a61
- Affected versionversion=5.10
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