CVE-2022-50848 — drivers: dio: fix possible memory leak in dio_init()
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…
Published: 2025-12-30 · CVSS: Unscored
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7