CVE-2022-49422
dmaengine: idxd: Fix the error handling path in idxd_cdev_register()
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Fix the error handling path in idxd_cdev_register() If a call to alloc_chrdev_region() fails, the already allocated resources are leaking. Add the needed error handling path to fix the leak.
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Affected versions
- Linux Linux
Version range not reported
- Linux Linux
5.6