CVE-2022-49370
firmware: dmi-sysfs: Fix memory leak in dmi_sysfs_register_handle
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
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().
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 15 months later
· 15 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 78% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 948af1f0bbc8526448e8cbe3f8d3bf211bdf5181 – < a9bfb37d6ba7c376b0d53337a4c5f5ff324bd725
- affected 948af1f0bbc8526448e8cbe3f8d3bf211bdf5181 – < ed38d04342dfbe9e5aca745c8b5eb4188a74f0ef
- affected 948af1f0bbc8526448e8cbe3f8d3bf211bdf5181 – < c66cc3c62870a27ea8f060a7e4c1ad8d26dd3f0d
- affected 948af1f0bbc8526448e8cbe3f8d3bf211bdf5181 – < a724634b2a49f6ff0177a9e19a5a92fc1545e1b7
- affected 948af1f0bbc8526448e8cbe3f8d3bf211bdf5181 – < 985706bd3bbeffc8737bc05965ca8d24837bc7db
- affected 948af1f0bbc8526448e8cbe3f8d3bf211bdf5181 – < fdffa4ad8f6bf1ece877edfb807f2b2c729d8578
- affected 948af1f0bbc8526448e8cbe3f8d3bf211bdf5181 – < 3ba359ebe914ac3f8c6c832b28007c14c39d3766
- affected 948af1f0bbc8526448e8cbe3f8d3bf211bdf5181 – < ec752973aa721ee281d5441e497364637c626c7b
- affected 948af1f0bbc8526448e8cbe3f8d3bf211bdf5181 – < 660ba678f9998aca6db74f2dd912fa5124f0fa31
- affected 2.6.39
- unaffected < 2.6.39
- unaffected 4.9.318 – ≤ 4.9.*
- unaffected 4.14.283 – ≤ 4.14.*
- unaffected 4.19.247 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.198 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.122 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.47 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 5.17.15 – ≤ 5.17.*
- unaffected 5.18.4 – ≤ 5.18.*
- unaffected 5.19 – ≤ *
References (9)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9bfb37d6ba7c376b0d53337a4c5f5ff324bd725 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed38d04342dfbe9e5aca745c8b5eb4188a74f0ef (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c66cc3c62870a27ea8f060a7e4c1ad8d26dd3f0d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a724634b2a49f6ff0177a9e19a5a92fc1545e1b7 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/985706bd3bbeffc8737bc05965ca8d24837bc7db (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdffa4ad8f6bf1ece877edfb807f2b2c729d8578 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ba359ebe914ac3f8c6c832b28007c14c39d3766 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec752973aa721ee281d5441e497364637c626c7b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/660ba678f9998aca6db74f2dd912fa5124f0fa31 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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