CVE-2022-49284

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.15-5.15.32, 5.16-5.16.18, 5.17 - Use-After-Free in CoreSight Device Registration

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 0.0024
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