CVE-2022-49949
firmware_loader: Fix memory leak in firmware upload
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware_loader: Fix memory leak in firmware upload In the case of firmware-upload, an instance of struct fw_upload is allocated in firmware_upload_register(). This data needs to be freed in fw_dev_release(). Create a new fw_upload_free() function in sysfs_upload.c to handle the firmware-upload specific memory frees and incorporate the missing kfree call for the fw_upload structure.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Jun 18, 2025 |
| Last Updated | May 11, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
97730bbb242cde22b7140acd202ffd88823886c9 < baf92485d111be828e1ab84a995515b604b938e5 97730bbb242cde22b7140acd202ffd88823886c9 < 789bba82f63c3e81dce426ba457fc7905b30ac6e
Linux / Linux
5.19