medium5.5
CVE-2022-49370
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() ta…
Impact
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().
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 2.6.39 before 4.9.318 from 4.10 before 4.14.283 from 4.15 before 4.19.247 from 4.20 before 5.4.198 from 5.5 before 5.10.122 from 5.11 before 5.15.47 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ba359ebe914ac3f8c6c832b28007c14c39d3766
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/660ba678f9998aca6db74f2dd912fa5124f0fa31
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/985706bd3bbeffc8737bc05965ca8d24837bc7db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a724634b2a49f6ff0177a9e19a5a92fc1545e1b7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9bfb37d6ba7c376b0d53337a4c5f5ff324bd725
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c66cc3c62870a27ea8f060a7e4c1ad8d26dd3f0d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec752973aa721ee281d5441e497364637c626c7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed38d04342dfbe9e5aca745c8b5eb4188a74f0ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdffa4ad8f6bf1ece877edfb807f2b2c729d8578