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CVE-2022-50427

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 …

Impact

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 products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 2.6.14 before 4.9.332
from 4.10 before 4.14.298
from 4.15 before 4.19.264
from 4.20 before 5.4.223
from 5.5 before 5.10.153
from 5.11 before 5.15.77

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