CVE-2022-49284
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 5.15-5.15.32, 5.16-5.16.18, 5.17 - Use-After-Free in CoreSight Device Registration
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0024
EPSS Percentile
14.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-401
Status
published
Products (14)
linux/Kernel
5.15.0 - 5.15.33linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 5.16.19linux
linux/Kernel
5.17.0 - 5.17.2linux
Linux/Linux
< 5.15
Linux/Linux
5.15
Linux/Linux
5.15.33 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux
5.16.19 - 5.16.*
Linux/Linux
5.17.2 - 5.17.*
Linux/Linux
5.18
Linux/Linux
85e2414c518a03a21dddd4bc88fec2723c5e1197 - 412225b32986d5b11c3c1ad9234c50a3f5c52c76
... and 4 more
Published
Feb 26, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026