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CVE-2022-50278

PNP: fix name memory leak in pnp_alloc_dev()

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Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PNP: fix name memory leak in pnp_alloc_dev() After commit 1fa5ae857bb1 ("driver core: get rid of struct device's bus_id string array"), the name of device is allocated dynamically, move dev_set_name() after pnp_add_id() to avoid memory leak.

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Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    Version range not reported

  • Linux Linux

    2.6.30

References 9

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