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CVE-2022-49915 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mISDN: fix possible memory leak in mISDN_register_device() Afer commit 1fa5ae857bb1 ("driver core: get rid of struct device's bus_id string array"), the name of device is allocated dynamically, add put_device() to give up the reference, so that the name can be freed in kobject_cleanup() when the refcount is 0. Set device class before put_device() to avoid null release() function WARN message in device_release().


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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/029d5b7688a2f3a86f2a3be5a6ba9cc968c80e41 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/080aabfb29b2ee9cbb8894a1d039651943d3773e Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d4e91efcaee081e919b3c50e875ecbb84290e41 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ff6b669523d3b3d253a044fa9636a67d0694995 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a636fc5a7cabd05699b5692ad838c2c7a3abec7b Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1d1aede313eb2b9a84afd60ff6cfb7c33631e0e Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e77d213843e67b4373285712699b692f9c743f61 Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7d1d4d9ac0dfa40be4c2c8abd0731659869b297 Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-49915
NVD Published Date:
05/01/2025
NVD Last Modified:
05/07/2025
Source:
kernel.org