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CVE-2022-49953

iio: light: cm3605: Fix an error handling path in cm3605_probe()

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: light: cm3605: Fix an error handling path in cm3605_probe() The commit in Fixes also introduced a new error handling path which should goto the existing error handling path. Otherwise some resources leak.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel· Linux
95%
5.16 ≤ v < 5.19.85.16 ≤ v < 6.00d31d91e614505803a0788b92f9f1a83178d8a9a5.166.0 rc16.0 rc26.0 rc3
Vendor states this is fixed in 160905549e663019e26395ed9d66c24ee2cf5187 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3f7f49d8135cfe137c81316af64678f4dca1b82b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.19.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/160905549e663019e26395ed9d66c24ee2cf5187
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f7f49d8135cfe137c81316af64678f4dca1b82b

CVSS

5.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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