ghsa-hqj3-8v2m-82w8
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-04-14 21:32
Modified
2025-04-14 21:32
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

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

firmware: dmi-sysfs: Fix memory leak in dmi_sysfs_register_handle

kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails. According to the doc of kobject_init_and_add()

If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to properly clean up the memory associated with the object.

Fix this issue by calling kobject_put().

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-49370"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-401"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-02-26T07:01:13Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfirmware: dmi-sysfs: Fix memory leak in dmi_sysfs_register_handle\n\nkobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails.\nAccording to the doc of kobject_init_and_add()\n\n   If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to\n   properly clean up the memory associated with the object.\n\nFix this issue by calling kobject_put().",
  "id": "GHSA-hqj3-8v2m-82w8",
  "modified": "2025-04-14T21:32:22Z",
  "published": "2025-04-14T21:32:22Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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