# CVE-2022-48661: gpio: mockup: Fix potential resource leakage when register a chip

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-04-28 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.15

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: mockup: Fix potential resource leakage when register a chip If creation of software node fails, the locally allocated string array is left unfreed. Free it on error path.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b26723e058faaf11b532fb4aa16d6849d581790
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41f857033c44442a27f591fda8d986e7c9e42872
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02743c4091ccfb246f5cdbbe3f44b152d5d12933

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