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CVE-2022-50282
published 2025-09-15

CVE-2022-50282: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: chardev: fix error handling in cdev_device_add() While doing fault injection test, I got…

PriorityP419medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.17%
6.6th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: chardev: fix error handling in cdev_device_add() While doing fault injection test, I got the following report: ------------[ cut here ]------------ kobject: '(null)' (0000000039956980): is not initialized, yet kobject_put() is being called. WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 6306 at kobject_put+0x23d/0x4e0 CPU: 3 PID: 6306 Comm: 283 Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc2-00005-g307c1086d7c9 #1253 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:kobject_put+0x23d/0x4e0 Call Trace: cdev_device_add+0x15e/0x1b0 __iio_device_register+0x13b4/0x1af0 [industrialio] __devm_iio_device_register+0x22/0x90 [industrialio] max517_probe+0x3d8/0x6b4 [max517] i2c_device_probe+0xa81/0xc00 When device_add() is injected fault and returns error, if dev->devt is not set, cdev_add() is not called, cdev_del() is not needed. Fix this by checking dev->devt in error path.

Affected

30 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.4-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.4-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 233ed09d7fdacf592ee91e6c97ce5f4364fbe7c0 < 6acf8597c5b04f455ee0649e11e5f3bcd28f381e6acf8597c5b04f455ee0649e11e5f3bcd28f381e
linuxlinux>= 233ed09d7fdacf592ee91e6c97ce5f4364fbe7c0 < 34d17b39bceef25e4cf9805cd59250ae05d0a13934d17b39bceef25e4cf9805cd59250ae05d0a139
linuxlinux>= 233ed09d7fdacf592ee91e6c97ce5f4364fbe7c0 < d85b5247a79355b8432bfd9ac871f96117f750d4d85b5247a79355b8432bfd9ac871f96117f750d4
linuxlinux>= 233ed09d7fdacf592ee91e6c97ce5f4364fbe7c0 < c46db6088bccff5115674d583fef46ede80077a2c46db6088bccff5115674d583fef46ede80077a2
linuxlinux>= 233ed09d7fdacf592ee91e6c97ce5f4364fbe7c0 < 28dc61cc49c6e995121c6d86bef4b73df78dda8028dc61cc49c6e995121c6d86bef4b73df78dda80
linuxlinux>= 233ed09d7fdacf592ee91e6c97ce5f4364fbe7c0 < b5de1eac71fec1af7723f1083d23a24789fd795cb5de1eac71fec1af7723f1083d23a24789fd795c
linuxlinux>= 233ed09d7fdacf592ee91e6c97ce5f4364fbe7c0 < 85a5660491b507d33662b8e81c142e6041e642eb85a5660491b507d33662b8e81c142e6041e642eb
linuxlinux>= 233ed09d7fdacf592ee91e6c97ce5f4364fbe7c0 < 11fa7fefe3d8fac7da56bc9aa3dd5fb3081ca79711fa7fefe3d8fac7da56bc9aa3dd5fb3081ca797
linuxlinux>= 3.16.83 < 3.173.17
linuxlinux>= 4.4.224 < 4.54.5
linuxlinux>= 4.9.224 < 4.9.3374.9.337
linuxlinux>= da97a80a657d1b1b50ef633e8ff5dbf0d417fc8d < 5d2146889fad4cb9e6c13e790d4cfd871486eca85d2146889fad4cb9e6c13e790d4cfd871486eca8
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.178-15.10.178-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.4-16.1.4-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.4-16.1.4-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.4-16.1.4-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 3.16.83 < 3.173.17
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.12 < 4.14.3034.14.303
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.15 < 4.19.2704.19.270
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.20 < 5.4.2295.4.229
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.4.224 < 4.54.5

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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