CVE-2022-50848

Linux Kernel - Memory Leak in dio_init() Device Registration

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: dio: fix possible memory leak in dio_init() If device_register() returns error, the 'dev' and name needs be freed. Add a release function, and then call put_device() in the error path, so the name is freed in kobject_cleanup() and to the 'dev' is freed in release function.

References (9)

Core 9

Scores

EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 16.3%

Details

Status published
Products (28)
linux/Kernel 2.6.29 - 4.9.337linux
linux/Kernel 4.10.0 - 4.14.303linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.270linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.229linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.86linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.0.16linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.163linux
linux/Kernel 6.1.0 - 6.1.2linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.29
Linux/Linux 2.6.29
... and 18 more
Published Dec 30, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026