CVE-2022-49422

dmaengine: idxd: Fix the error handling path in idxd_cdev_register()

published February 26, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
16.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dmaengine: idxd: Fix the error handling path in idxd_cdev_register()

If a call to alloc_chrdev_region() fails, the already allocated resources

are leaking.

Add the needed error handling path to fix the leak.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00261 · 16.9th percentile
Published
2025-02-26T02:12Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 FEB 02:12Z
    dmaengine: idxd: Fix the error handling path in idxd_cdev_register()
    cvelistv5