CVE-2022-50834

Linux Kernel - Resource Leak in NFC Device Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: Fix potential resource leaks nfc_get_device() take reference for the device, add missing nfc_put_device() to release it when not need anymore. Also fix the style warnning by use error EOPNOTSUPP instead of ENOTSUPP.

Scores

EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 13.2%

Details

Status published
Products (25)
linux/Kernel 3.13.0 - 4.14.303linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.270linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.229linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.87linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.0.19linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.163linux
linux/Kernel 6.1.0 - 6.1.5linux
Linux/Linux < 3.13
Linux/Linux 3.13
Linux/Linux 4.14.303 - 4.14.*
... and 15 more
Published Dec 30, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026