CVE-2022-49284

MEDIUM

Linux kernel - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: coresight: syscfg: Fix memleak on registration failure in cscfg_create_device device_register() calls device_initialize(), according to doc of device_initialize: Use put_device() to give up your reference instead of freeing * @dev directly once you have called this function. To prevent potential memleak, use put_device() for error handling.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 10.5%
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 (4)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.15.33
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