CVE-2022-48907

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Memory Leak

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: auxdisplay: lcd2s: Fix memory leak in ->remove() Once allocated the struct lcd2s_data is never freed. Fix the memory leak by switching to devm_kzalloc().

References (3)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3585ed5f9b11a6094dd991d76a1541e5d03b986a

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d53cd33f4253aa4cf02bf7e670b3c6a99674351

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/898c0a15425a5bcaa8d44bd436eae5afd2483796

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0003

EPSS Percentile 7.4%

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 (9)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.15.27

linux/linux_kernel

linux/Kernel < 5.15.27linux

linux/Kernel < 5.16.13linux

Timeline

Published Aug 22, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026