CVE-2022-48775

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.19.231 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix memory leak in vmbus_add_channel_kobj kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails. According to the doc of kobject_init_and_add(): If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to properly clean up the memory associated with the object. Fix memory leak by calling kobject_put().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 0.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-401
Status published

Affected Products (6)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.19.231
linux/Kernel < 4.19.231linux
linux/Kernel < 5.4.181linux
linux/Kernel < 5.10.102linux
linux/Kernel < 5.15.25linux
linux/Kernel < 5.16.11linux

Timeline

Published Jul 16, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026