CVE-2022-50427 (GCVE-0-2022-50427)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-01 11:42
Modified
2025-10-01 11:42
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: ac97: fix possible memory leak in snd_ac97_dev_register() If device_register() fails in snd_ac97_dev_register(), it should call put_device() to give up reference, or the name allocated in dev_set_name() is leaked.
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Linux Linux Version: 0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18
Version: 0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18
Version: 0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18
Version: 0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18
Version: 0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18
Version: 0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18
Version: 0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18
Version: 0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18
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