CVE-2022-50349 — misc: tifm: fix possible memory leak in tifm_7xx1_switch_media()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: tifm: fix possible memory leak in tifm_7xx1_switch_media() If device_register() returns error in tifm…
Published: 2025-09-16 · CVSS: 5.5 · CVSS 3.1
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: tifm: fix possible memory leak in tifm_7xx1_switch_media() If device_register() returns error in tifm_7xx1_switch_media(), name of kobject which is allocated in dev_set_name() called in device_add() is leaked. Never directly free @dev after calling device_register(), even if it returned an error! Always use put_device() to give up the reference initialized.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7