CVE-2022-49915
mISDN: fix possible memory leak in mISDN_register_device()
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mISDN: fix possible memory leak in mISDN_register_device() Afer commit 1fa5ae857bb1 ("driver core: get rid of struct device's bus_id string array"), the name of device is allocated dynamically, add put_device() to give up the reference, so that the name can be freed in kobject_cleanup() when the refcount is 0. Set device class before put_device() to avoid null release() function WARN message in device_release().
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/029d5b7688a2f3a86f2a3be5a6ba9cc968c80e41
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/080aabfb29b2ee9cbb8894a1d039651943d3773e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d4e91efcaee081e919b3c50e875ecbb84290e41
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ff6b669523d3b3d253a044fa9636a67d0694995
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a636fc5a7cabd05699b5692ad838c2c7a3abec7b
References (8)
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CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
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