CVE-2022-49224

MEDIUM EPSS 15.7%
Published Feb 26, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Feb 26, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: ab8500: Fix memory leak in ab8500_fg_sysfs_init 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 memory leak by calling kobject_put().

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
15.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 8

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.9  –  <4.9.311
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.10  –  <4.14.276
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.15  –  <4.19.238
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.20  –  <5.4.189
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.5  –  <5.10.110
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.33
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <5.16.19
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.17  –  <5.17.2

References 9

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19aa3c98ed7b2616e105946cec804f897837ab84
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/261041097ab3470f1120b7733cbf472712304d1e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31cdf7897dba1f096b74f69d840f0575b8cdb9ae
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41ed61364285ff38bbbe9ca8a45c8372ba72921d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a4760463dbc6b603690938c468839985189ce0a
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/879356a6a05559582b0a7895d86d2d4359745c08
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c32f6b6196b6efc1c68990dfeaac36fb8eb3b8e1
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db3a61ef8e6aef3b888baa6a85926c2230c2cc56
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffb8e92b4cef92bd25563cf3d8b4489eb22bc61f
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19aa3c98ed7b2616e105946cec804f897837ab84
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/261041097ab3470f1120b7733cbf472712304d1e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31cdf7897dba1f096b74f69d840f0575b8cdb9ae
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41ed61364285ff38bbbe9ca8a45c8372ba72921d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a4760463dbc6b603690938c468839985189ce0a
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/879356a6a05559582b0a7895d86d2d4359745c08
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c32f6b6196b6efc1c68990dfeaac36fb8eb3b8e1
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db3a61ef8e6aef3b888baa6a85926c2230c2cc56
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffb8e92b4cef92bd25563cf3d8b4489eb22bc61f
    Patch