CVE-2022-48775
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 4.19.231 - Memory Leak
Title source: ruleDescription
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().
References (6)
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