CVE-2022-50349misc: tifm: fix possible memory leak in tifm_7xx1_switch_media()
- 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: 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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 8 months later
· 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 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 (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 2428a8fe2261e901e058d9ea8b6ed7e1b4268b79 – < 2bbb222a54ff501f77ce593d21b76b79c905045e
- affected 2428a8fe2261e901e058d9ea8b6ed7e1b4268b79 – < d861b7d41b17942b337d4b87a70de7cd1dc44d4e
- affected 2428a8fe2261e901e058d9ea8b6ed7e1b4268b79 – < 1695b1adcc3a7d985cd22fa3b55761edf3fab50d
- affected 2428a8fe2261e901e058d9ea8b6ed7e1b4268b79 – < ee2715faf7e7153f5142ed09aacfa89a64d45dcb
- affected 2428a8fe2261e901e058d9ea8b6ed7e1b4268b79 – < 57c857353d5020bdec8284d9c0fee447484fe5e0
- affected 2428a8fe2261e901e058d9ea8b6ed7e1b4268b79 – < 848c45964ded537107e010aaf353aa30a0855387
- affected 2428a8fe2261e901e058d9ea8b6ed7e1b4268b79 – < 35abbc8406cc39e72d3ce85f6e869555afe50d54
- affected 2428a8fe2261e901e058d9ea8b6ed7e1b4268b79 – < ef843ee20576039126d34d6eb5f45d14c3e6ce18
- affected 2428a8fe2261e901e058d9ea8b6ed7e1b4268b79 – < fd2c930cf6a5b9176382c15f9acb1996e76e25ad
- affected 2.6.22
- unaffected < 2.6.22
- 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/2bbb222a54ff501f77ce593d21b76b79c905045e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d861b7d41b17942b337d4b87a70de7cd1dc44d4e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1695b1adcc3a7d985cd22fa3b55761edf3fab50d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee2715faf7e7153f5142ed09aacfa89a64d45dcb (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57c857353d5020bdec8284d9c0fee447484fe5e0 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/848c45964ded537107e010aaf353aa30a0855387 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35abbc8406cc39e72d3ce85f6e869555afe50d54 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef843ee20576039126d34d6eb5f45d14c3e6ce18 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd2c930cf6a5b9176382c15f9acb1996e76e25ad (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-2022-55613 (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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