CVE-2022-50848

drivers: dio: fix possible memory leak in dio_init()

published December 30, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
19.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

drivers: dio: fix possible memory leak in dio_init()

If device_register() returns error, the 'dev' and name needs be

freed. Add a release function, and then call put_device() in the

error path, so the name is freed in kobject_cleanup() and to the

'dev' is freed in release function.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00284 · 19.8th percentile
Published
2025-12-30T12:15Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 DEC 12:15Z
    drivers: dio: fix possible memory leak in dio_init()
    cvelistv5