# CVE-2022-49836: siox: fix possible memory leak in siox\_device\_add()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-05-01 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.16

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: siox: fix possible memory leak in siox_device_add() If device_register() returns error in siox_device_add(), the name allocated by dev_set_name() need be freed. As comment of device_register() says, it should use put_device() to give up the reference in the error path. So fix this by calling put_device(), then the name can be freed in kobject_cleanup(), and sdevice is freed in siox_device_release(), set it to null in error path.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a5da069603ecc3d7aa09167450235462adaa295
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9fe7ba4ea5b24ffdf8e125f660aca3ba4a147fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4b5423f88a17a36550ae8c16c46779b1ee42f4b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d03c2911c529ea4d6ebfec53425f1091e8d402b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9c31e728843259209fb530c59995e4fe262699f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e63153db50059fb78b8a8447b132664887d24e3

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