In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: siox: fix possible memory leak in siox_device_add() If device_register() returns error in siox_device_add(), the name allocated by dev_set_name() need be freed. As comment of device_register() says, it should use put_device() to give up the reference in the error path. So fix this by calling put_device(), then the name can be freed in kobject_cleanup(), and sdevice is freed in siox_device_release(), set it to null in error path.
History

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 10:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-401

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 01 May 2025 14:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: siox: fix possible memory leak in siox_device_add() If device_register() returns error in siox_device_add(), the name allocated by dev_set_name() need be freed. As comment of device_register() says, it should use put_device() to give up the reference in the error path. So fix this by calling put_device(), then the name can be freed in kobject_cleanup(), and sdevice is freed in siox_device_release(), set it to null in error path.
Title siox: fix possible memory leak in siox_device_add()
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-05-01T14:09:53.454Z

Updated: 2025-05-04T08:46:33.471Z

Reserved: 2025-05-01T14:05:17.229Z

Link: CVE-2022-49836

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-05-01T15:16:07.087

Modified: 2025-05-02T13:53:20.943

Link: CVE-2022-49836

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-05-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-49836 - Bugzilla