CVE-2022-49224

MEDIUM

Linux kernel - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: ab8500: Fix memory leak in ab8500_fg_sysfs_init 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 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 17.4%
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 < 4.9.311
linux/Kernel < 4.9.311linux
linux/Kernel < 4.14.276linux
linux/Kernel < 4.19.238linux
linux/Kernel < 5.4.189linux
linux/Kernel < 5.10.110linux
linux/Kernel < 5.15.33linux
linux/Kernel < 5.16.19linux
linux/Kernel < 5.17.2linux

Timeline

Published Feb 26, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026