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CVE-2022-50669

UNSCORED
NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: ocxl: fix possible name leak in ocxl_file_register_afu() If device_register() returns error in ocxl_file_register_afu(), 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 info is freed in info_release().

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:5.10.178-1CVE-2022-50669
Fixed in:6.1.4-1CVE-2022-50669
Fixed in:6.1.4-1CVE-2022-50669
Fixed in:6.1.4-1CVE-2022-50669

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3.1 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.21%probability of exploitation in 30 days
11thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 11% of all known CVEs.

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