CVE-2022-50427

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.9.332 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: ac97: fix possible memory leak in snd_ac97_dev_register() If device_register() fails in snd_ac97_dev_register(), it should call put_device() to give up reference, or the name allocated in dev_set_name() is leaked.

References (8)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f8e9a15c8ecf95057061d370a2dddaf1cee4aeb

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4881bda5ea05c8c240fc8afeaa928e2bc43f61fa

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fdf6f978c6b605ca0d67bf0e982b7a8fc0f4aab

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/758dbcc6fbf2286eff02743b093c70a18a407d66

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a602ec9d88f177dba78bc97fb1adecc7a71ff279

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfce73088682ef0770da951f51156c36a89be490

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c68b2e9ef246117f696e360bbdd2f5736b3a7127

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee8bf0946f62ef00e5db4b613a9f664ac567259a

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 2.8%

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 (10)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.9.332

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/Kernel < 4.9.332linux

linux/Kernel < 4.14.298linux

linux/Kernel < 4.19.264linux

linux/Kernel < 5.4.223linux

linux/Kernel < 5.10.153linux

linux/Kernel < 5.15.77linux

linux/Kernel < 6.0.7linux

Timeline

Published Oct 01, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026