# CVE-2022-48775: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix memory leak in vmbus\_add\_channel\_kobj

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-07-16 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.15

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix memory leak in vmbus_add_channel_kobj kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails. According to the doc of kobject_init_and_add()： If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to properly clean up the memory associated with the object. Fix memory leak by calling kobject_put().

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/417947891bd5ae327f15efed1a0da2b12ef24962
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe595759c2a4a5bb41c438474f15947d8ae32f5c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91d8866ca55232d21995a3d54fac96de33c9e20c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c377e2ba78d3fe9a1f0b4ec424e75f81da7e81e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92e25b637cd4e010f776c86e4810300e773eac5c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bc69f86328e87a0ffa79438430cc82f3aa6a194

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