CVE-2022-50278

PNP: fix name memory leak in pnp_alloc_dev()

published September 15, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00163 · 5.2th percentile
Published
2025-09-15T14:21Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 SEP 14:21Z
    PNP: fix name memory leak in pnp_alloc_dev()
    cvelistv5