CVE-2022-49370
firmware: dmi-sysfs: Fix memory leak in dmi_sysfs_register_handle
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: dmi-sysfs: Fix memory leak in dmi_sysfs_register_handle kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails. According to the doc of kobject_init_and_add() If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to properly clean up the memory associated with the object. Fix this issue by calling kobject_put().
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Feb 26, 2025 |
| Last Updated | May 11, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
948af1f0bbc8526448e8cbe3f8d3bf211bdf5181 < a9bfb37d6ba7c376b0d53337a4c5f5ff324bd725 948af1f0bbc8526448e8cbe3f8d3bf211bdf5181 < ed38d04342dfbe9e5aca745c8b5eb4188a74f0ef 948af1f0bbc8526448e8cbe3f8d3bf211bdf5181 < c66cc3c62870a27ea8f060a7e4c1ad8d26dd3f0d 948af1f0bbc8526448e8cbe3f8d3bf211bdf5181 < a724634b2a49f6ff0177a9e19a5a92fc1545e1b7 948af1f0bbc8526448e8cbe3f8d3bf211bdf5181 < 985706bd3bbeffc8737bc05965ca8d24837bc7db 948af1f0bbc8526448e8cbe3f8d3bf211bdf5181 < fdffa4ad8f6bf1ece877edfb807f2b2c729d8578 948af1f0bbc8526448e8cbe3f8d3bf211bdf5181 < 3ba359ebe914ac3f8c6c832b28007c14c39d3766 948af1f0bbc8526448e8cbe3f8d3bf211bdf5181 < ec752973aa721ee281d5441e497364637c626c7b 948af1f0bbc8526448e8cbe3f8d3bf211bdf5181 < 660ba678f9998aca6db74f2dd912fa5124f0fa31
Linux / Linux
2.6.39
References
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9bfb37d6ba7c376b0d53337a4c5f5ff324bd725 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed38d04342dfbe9e5aca745c8b5eb4188a74f0ef git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c66cc3c62870a27ea8f060a7e4c1ad8d26dd3f0d git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a724634b2a49f6ff0177a9e19a5a92fc1545e1b7 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/985706bd3bbeffc8737bc05965ca8d24837bc7db git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdffa4ad8f6bf1ece877edfb807f2b2c729d8578 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ba359ebe914ac3f8c6c832b28007c14c39d3766 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec752973aa721ee281d5441e497364637c626c7b git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/660ba678f9998aca6db74f2dd912fa5124f0fa31