CVE-2022-49370

MEDIUM

Linux kernel - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

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().

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