CVE-2022-49370

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().

Score
CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium
Status
Modified - 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2025-02-26
Last modified
2026-05-11
Weaknesses
CWE-401

Affected products

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