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CVE-2022-49283firmware: sysfb: fix platform-device leak in error path
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.26%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 82% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: sysfb: fix platform-device leak in error path Make sure to free the platform device also in the unlikely event that registration fails.
Timeline
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By Linux
Published
- 15 months later
· 15 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.26% · top 82% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 8633ef82f101c040427b57d4df7b706261420b94 – < b3e38f939ab4d0d86f56bff3362c3f88c4b2ad32
- affected 8633ef82f101c040427b57d4df7b706261420b94 – < bb7fcbe80a013dc883181dc818c407d38558f76c
- affected 8633ef82f101c040427b57d4df7b706261420b94 – < fed4df558b8cdb6f3beea38a7c977f118f082b0d
- affected 8633ef82f101c040427b57d4df7b706261420b94 – < 202c08914ba50dd324e42d5ad99535a89f242560
- affected 5.15
- unaffected < 5.15
- unaffected 5.15.33 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 5.16.19 – ≤ 5.16.*
- unaffected 5.17.2 – ≤ 5.17.*
- unaffected 5.18 – ≤ *
References
References4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3e38f939ab4d0d86f56bff3362c3f88c4b2ad32 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb7fcbe80a013dc883181dc818c407d38558f76c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fed4df558b8cdb6f3beea38a7c977f118f082b0d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/202c08914ba50dd324e42d5ad99535a89f242560 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-54943 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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