CVE-2022-50343 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 16
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rapidio: fix possible name leaks when rio_add_device() fails
Patch series "rapidio: fix three possible memory leaks".
This patchset fixes three name leaks in error handling.
- patch #1 fixes two name leaks while rio_add_device() fails.
- patch #2 fixes a name leak while rio_register_mport() fails.
This patch (of 2):
If rio_add_device() returns error, the name allocated by dev_set_name()
need be freed. It should use put_dev…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e — 3b4676f274a6b5d001176f15d0542100bbf4b59a+9
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2OSV▶
CVE-2022-50343: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rapidio: fix possible name leaks when rio_add_device() fails Patch series "rapidio↗2025-09-16
GHSA▶
GHSA-q25c-43pj-xx2h: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rapidio: fix possible name leaks when rio_add_device() fails
Patch series "rapid↗2025-09-16