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CVE-2022-50278PNP: fix name memory leak in pnp_alloc_dev()
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.16%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 94% 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: PNP: fix name memory leak in pnp_alloc_dev() After commit 1fa5ae857bb1 ("driver core: get rid of struct device's bus_id string array"), the name of device is allocated dynamically, move dev_set_name() after pnp_add_id() to avoid memory leak.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 14 months later
· 14 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)
- 0.16% · top 94% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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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 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e – < ea77b4b761cd75e5456f677311babfa0418f289a
- affected 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e – < 693a0c13c1f0c0fcaa1e38cb806cc0789bd415aa
- affected 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e – < bbcf772216aa237036cc3ae3158288d0a95aaf4d
- affected 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e – < 81b024df4755e6bb6993b786584eca6eabbb9791
- affected 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e – < dac87e295cddc8ab316cff14ab2071b5221d84fa
- affected 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e – < c12b314bb23dc0c83e03402cc84574700947e3b2
- affected 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e – < 1f50c7497a5f89de0c31f2edf086af41ff834320
- affected 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e – < 290dd73b943c95c006df973257076ff163adf4d0
- affected 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e – < 110d7b0325c55ff3620073ba4201845f59e22ebf
- affected 2.6.30
- unaffected < 2.6.30
- unaffected 4.9.337 – ≤ 4.9.*
- unaffected 4.14.303 – ≤ 4.14.*
- unaffected 4.19.270 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.229 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.163 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.86 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.0.16 – ≤ 6.0.*
- unaffected 6.1.2 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.2 – ≤ *
References
References9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea77b4b761cd75e5456f677311babfa0418f289a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/693a0c13c1f0c0fcaa1e38cb806cc0789bd415aa (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbcf772216aa237036cc3ae3158288d0a95aaf4d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81b024df4755e6bb6993b786584eca6eabbb9791 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dac87e295cddc8ab316cff14ab2071b5221d84fa (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c12b314bb23dc0c83e03402cc84574700947e3b2 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f50c7497a5f89de0c31f2edf086af41ff834320 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/290dd73b943c95c006df973257076ff163adf4d0 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/110d7b0325c55ff3620073ba4201845f59e22ebf (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-2022-55577 (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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