CVE-2022-49284
MEDIUMLinux kernel - Memory Corruption
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)
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