# CVE-2022-50431: ALSA: aoa: i2sbus: fix possible memory leak in i2sbus\_add\_dev()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-01 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.18

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: aoa: i2sbus: fix possible memory leak in i2sbus_add_dev() dev_set_name() in soundbus_add_one() allocates memory for name, it need be freed when of_device_register() fails, call soundbus_dev_put() to give up the reference that hold in device_initialize(), so that it can be freed in kobject_cleanup() when the refcount hit to 0. And other resources are also freed in i2sbus_release_dev(), so it can return 0 directly.

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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/fd410d24665e4efb3c1796797181265efe553e9c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/802532a50acf501fdafe38a84ca2aa886d68af68
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/027fee10e3a400cf6f3237374a1248da1082807b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bdea674534153110b90d70b02f2fbaf48b2c0eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce6fd1c382a38b75557db85a2fe99d285540a03d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e81d7826b8f40430a1ea1b330e24d9a9eb4512c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7524279c8ddc7dbf3463bec70e0289097959944
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a4c8482e370d697738a78dcd7bf2780832cb712

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