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CVE-2022-50278

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Published: Sep 15, 2025Modified: Dec 3, 2025

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5.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PNP: fix name memory leak in pnp_alloc_dev() After commit 1fa5ae857bb1 ("driver core: get rid of struct device's bus_id string array"), the name of device is allocated dynamically, move dev_set_name() after pnp_add_id() to avoid memory leak.

Affected (8)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel
Linux
1 product
Linux Kernel
Configuration A
8 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Linux
Linux Kernel
From 2.6.30 to 4.9.337
Linux Kernel
From 4.10 to 4.14.303
Linux Kernel
From 4.15 to 4.19.270
Linux Kernel
From 4.20 to 5.4.229
Linux Kernel
From 5.11 to 5.15.86
Linux Kernel
From 5.16 to 6.0.16
Linux Kernel
From 5.5 to 5.10.163
Linux Kernel
From 6.1 to 6.1.2

Related CWEs

CWE-401
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.

References (9)

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