CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-50427

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2025-10-01 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2025-10-01
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: ac97: fix possible memory leak in snd_ac97_dev_register() If device_register() fails in snd_ac97_dev_register(), it should call put_device() to give up reference, or the name allocated in dev_set_name() is leaked.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.14 < 4.9.332) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.10 < 4.14.298) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.15 < 4.19.264) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.20 < 5.4.223) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.5 < 5.10.153) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.77) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.0.7) • linux linux kernel 6.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness

References