CVE-2022-49836

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel Use-After-Free in siox_device_add (4.16-4.19.267, 4.20-5.4.225, 5.5-5.10.156, 5.11-5.15.80, 5.16-6.0.10)

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: siox: fix possible memory leak in siox_device_add() If device_register() returns error in siox_device_add(), the name allocated by dev_set_name() need be freed. As comment of device_register() says, it should use put_device() to give up the reference in the error path. So fix this by calling put_device(), then the name can be freed in kobject_cleanup(), and sdevice is freed in siox_device_release(), set it to null in error path.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (21)
linux/Kernel 4.16.0 - 4.19.267linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.225linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.80linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.0.10linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.156linux
Linux/Linux < 4.16
Linux/Linux 4.16
Linux/Linux 4.19.267 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.156 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.80 - 5.15.*
... and 11 more
Published May 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026