# CVE-2022-50349: misc: tifm: fix possible memory leak in tifm\_7xx1\_switch\_media()

- 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: 2025-09-16 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.22

## Description

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.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bbb222a54ff501f77ce593d21b76b79c905045e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d861b7d41b17942b337d4b87a70de7cd1dc44d4e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1695b1adcc3a7d985cd22fa3b55761edf3fab50d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee2715faf7e7153f5142ed09aacfa89a64d45dcb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57c857353d5020bdec8284d9c0fee447484fe5e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/848c45964ded537107e010aaf353aa30a0855387
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35abbc8406cc39e72d3ce85f6e869555afe50d54
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef843ee20576039126d34d6eb5f45d14c3e6ce18
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd2c930cf6a5b9176382c15f9acb1996e76e25ad

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