# CVE-2022-49403: lib/string\_helpers: fix not adding strarray to device's resource list

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.17

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib/string_helpers: fix not adding strarray to device's resource list Add allocated strarray to device's resource list. This is a must to automatically release strarray when the device disappears. Without this fix we have a memory leak in the few drivers which use devm_kasprintf_strarray().

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a152eb42fcecfe41239c3c6695342f3a128593e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf29edab0c9ff3d2633b8306a67d04c357e2a385
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd290a9839cee2f6641558877e707bd373c8f6f1

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