CVE-2022-49224
power: supply: ab8500: Fix memory leak in ab8500_fg_sysfs_init
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: ab8500: Fix memory leak in ab8500_fg_sysfs_init 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().
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Linux Linux
Version range not reported
- Linux Linux
4.9
References 9
git.kernel.org
- stable/c/31cdf7897dba1f096b74f69d840f0575b8cdb9ae
- stable/c/19aa3c98ed7b2616e105946cec804f897837ab84
- stable/c/db3a61ef8e6aef3b888baa6a85926c2230c2cc56
- stable/c/41ed61364285ff38bbbe9ca8a45c8372ba72921d
- stable/c/879356a6a05559582b0a7895d86d2d4359745c08
- stable/c/ffb8e92b4cef92bd25563cf3d8b4489eb22bc61f
- stable/c/261041097ab3470f1120b7733cbf472712304d1e
- stable/c/c32f6b6196b6efc1c68990dfeaac36fb8eb3b8e1
- stable/c/6a4760463dbc6b603690938c468839985189ce0a