CVE-2022-50349

MEDIUM EPSS 4.5%
Published Sep 16, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 16, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: tifm: fix possible memory leak in tifm_7xx1_switch_media() If device_register() returns error in tifm_7xx1_switch_media(), name of kobject which is allocated in dev_set_name() called in device_add() is leaked. Never directly free @dev after calling device_register(), even if it returned an error! Always use put_device() to give up the reference initialized.

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
4.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 8

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥2.6.22  –  <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/1695b1adcc3a7d985cd22fa3b55761edf3fab50d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bbb222a54ff501f77ce593d21b76b79c905045e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35abbc8406cc39e72d3ce85f6e869555afe50d54
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57c857353d5020bdec8284d9c0fee447484fe5e0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/848c45964ded537107e010aaf353aa30a0855387
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d861b7d41b17942b337d4b87a70de7cd1dc44d4e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee2715faf7e7153f5142ed09aacfa89a64d45dcb
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef843ee20576039126d34d6eb5f45d14c3e6ce18
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd2c930cf6a5b9176382c15f9acb1996e76e25ad
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1695b1adcc3a7d985cd22fa3b55761edf3fab50d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bbb222a54ff501f77ce593d21b76b79c905045e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35abbc8406cc39e72d3ce85f6e869555afe50d54
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57c857353d5020bdec8284d9c0fee447484fe5e0
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/848c45964ded537107e010aaf353aa30a0855387
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d861b7d41b17942b337d4b87a70de7cd1dc44d4e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee2715faf7e7153f5142ed09aacfa89a64d45dcb
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef843ee20576039126d34d6eb5f45d14c3e6ce18
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd2c930cf6a5b9176382c15f9acb1996e76e25ad
    Patch