CVE-2022-50278

MEDIUM EPSS 4.6%
Published Sep 15, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 15, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PNP: fix name memory leak in pnp_alloc_dev() After commit 1fa5ae857bb1 ("driver core: get rid of struct device's bus_id string array"), the name of device is allocated dynamically, move dev_set_name() after pnp_add_id() to avoid memory leak.

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
4.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 8

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥2.6.30  –  <4.9.337
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.10  –  <4.14.303
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.15  –  <4.19.270
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.20  –  <5.4.229
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.5  –  <5.10.163
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.86
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.0.16
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.1  –  <6.1.2

References 9

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/110d7b0325c55ff3620073ba4201845f59e22ebf
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f50c7497a5f89de0c31f2edf086af41ff834320
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/290dd73b943c95c006df973257076ff163adf4d0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/693a0c13c1f0c0fcaa1e38cb806cc0789bd415aa
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81b024df4755e6bb6993b786584eca6eabbb9791
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbcf772216aa237036cc3ae3158288d0a95aaf4d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c12b314bb23dc0c83e03402cc84574700947e3b2
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dac87e295cddc8ab316cff14ab2071b5221d84fa
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea77b4b761cd75e5456f677311babfa0418f289a
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/110d7b0325c55ff3620073ba4201845f59e22ebf
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f50c7497a5f89de0c31f2edf086af41ff834320
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/290dd73b943c95c006df973257076ff163adf4d0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/693a0c13c1f0c0fcaa1e38cb806cc0789bd415aa
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81b024df4755e6bb6993b786584eca6eabbb9791
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbcf772216aa237036cc3ae3158288d0a95aaf4d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c12b314bb23dc0c83e03402cc84574700947e3b2
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dac87e295cddc8ab316cff14ab2071b5221d84fa
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea77b4b761cd75e5456f677311babfa0418f289a
    Patch