# CVE-2022-50642: platform/chrome: cros\_ec\_typec: zero out stale pointers

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-09 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/chrome: cros_ec_typec: zero out stale pointers `cros_typec_get_switch_handles` allocates four pointers when obtaining type-c switch handles. These pointers are all freed if failing to obtain any of them; therefore, pointers in `port` become stale. The stale pointers eventually cause use-after-free or double free in later code paths. Zeroing out all pointer fields after freeing to eliminate these stale pointers.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ceadb5a3e45f1b81cf54bd496b40a5e50b6bd40
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b610758bb3e0674644c1255cdafc2f46b7e05ff9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6613f36a2fa5c69e528bccba8b3d831f759dad2f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a8aadcf0b459c1257b9477fd6402e1d5952ae07

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