CVE-2022-50349
misc: tifm: fix possible memory leak in tifm_7xx1_switch_media()
- 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- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean?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: misc: tifm: fix possible memory leak in tifm_7xx1_switch_media() If device_register() returns error in tifm_7xx1_switch_media(), name of kobject which is allocated in dev_set_name() called in device_add() is leaked. Never directly free @dev after calling device_register(), even if it returned an error! Always use put_device() to give up the reference initialized.
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
2.6.22
References 9
git.kernel.org
- stable/c/2bbb222a54ff501f77ce593d21b76b79c905045e
- stable/c/d861b7d41b17942b337d4b87a70de7cd1dc44d4e
- stable/c/1695b1adcc3a7d985cd22fa3b55761edf3fab50d
- stable/c/ee2715faf7e7153f5142ed09aacfa89a64d45dcb
- stable/c/57c857353d5020bdec8284d9c0fee447484fe5e0
- stable/c/848c45964ded537107e010aaf353aa30a0855387
- stable/c/35abbc8406cc39e72d3ce85f6e869555afe50d54
- stable/c/ef843ee20576039126d34d6eb5f45d14c3e6ce18
- stable/c/fd2c930cf6a5b9176382c15f9acb1996e76e25ad