CVE-2022-50278
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · CWE-401
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PNP: fix name memory leak in pnp_alloc_dev() After commit 1fa5ae857bb1 ("driver core: get rid of struct device's bus_id string array"), the name of device is allocated dynamically, move dev_set_name() after pnp_add_id() to avoid memory leak.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/110d7b0325c55ff3620073ba4201845f59e22ebf ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/110d7b0325c55ff3620073ba4201845f59e22ebfPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f50c7497a5f89de0c31f2edf086af41ff834320Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/290dd73b943c95c006df973257076ff163adf4d0Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/693a0c13c1f0c0fcaa1e38cb806cc0789bd415aaPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81b024df4755e6bb6993b786584eca6eabbb9791Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbcf772216aa237036cc3ae3158288d0a95aaf4dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c12b314bb23dc0c83e03402cc84574700947e3b2Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dac87e295cddc8ab316cff14ab2071b5221d84faPatch