CVE-2022-50547
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 4.9.337 - Memory Leak
Title source: ruleDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: solo6x10: fix possible memory leak in solo_sysfs_init() If device_register() returns error in solo_sysfs_init(), 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().
References (9)
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
5.2%
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
< 4.9.337
linux/Kernel
< 4.9.337linux
linux/Kernel
< 4.14.303linux
linux/Kernel
< 4.19.270linux
linux/Kernel
< 5.4.229linux
linux/Kernel
< 5.10.163linux
linux/Kernel
< 5.15.86linux
linux/Kernel
< 6.0.16linux
linux/Kernel
< 6.1.2linux
Timeline
Published
Oct 07, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026