# CVE-2022-50547: media: solo6x10: fix possible memory leak in solo\_sysfs\_init()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-07 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: solo6x10: fix possible memory leak in solo_sysfs_init() If device_register() returns error in solo_sysfs_init(), 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().

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83d4b1ae98a47a739fa5241300b86eb1110d5d63
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b61509093e1af69e336a094d439b8e1137cb40d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/963729538674be4cb8fa292529ecf32de0d6c6dd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b02c50d3978840781808e13bc13137fb81286b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49060c0da57a381563e482e331dc9d4c3725b41b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cf71bbe5d2ee12613f6e278888f5fc9c5c0cc2b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6db105bcfbdbbbd484e788a0ddf8140a4a8c486
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9416861170ba0da8ddb0f4fd2d28334f0ed3b9c2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f5866dd96d95b74e439f6ee17b8abd8195179fb

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