CVE-2022-49370
MEDIUMLinux kernel - Memory Corruption
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: dmi-sysfs: Fix memory leak in dmi_sysfs_register_handle 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 this issue by calling kobject_put().
References (9)
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
9.5%
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 (9)
linux/linux_kernel
< 4.9.318
linux/Kernel
< 4.9.318linux
linux/Kernel
< 4.14.283linux
linux/Kernel
< 4.19.247linux
linux/Kernel
< 5.4.198linux
linux/Kernel
< 5.10.122linux
linux/Kernel
< 5.15.47linux
linux/Kernel
< 5.17.15linux
linux/Kernel
< 5.18.4linux
Timeline
Published
Feb 26, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026