# CVE-2022-50669: misc: ocxl: fix possible name leak in ocxl\_file\_register\_afu()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-09 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: ocxl: fix possible name leak in ocxl_file_register_afu() If device_register() returns error in ocxl_file_register_afu(), 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(), and info is freed in info_release().

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cd05062371a49774e8a45258bdedf0bd6d3d327
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7525741cb302a1672b8c3a5edb2a08e4229b5c7c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3299983a6bf628249ac650908e62d12de959341e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/557b7de055d1e230ddb6664c29d26917b8db9143
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fce8b3583d1641a1716486f408478b58e96ec91
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4cb1004aeed2ab893a058fad00a5b41a12c4691

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