CVE-2022-50848drivers: dio: fix possible memory leak in dio_init()
- —Not scoredno CVSS score yet
- 0.28%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 79% 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: 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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 4 months later
· 4 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
No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Deferred.
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.28% · top 79% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.
Affected products
- affected 2e4c77bea3d8b17d94f8ee382411f359b708560f – < affe3cea6b3148fa66796a48640664822ceccd48
- affected 2e4c77bea3d8b17d94f8ee382411f359b708560f – < 4b68caa95064ac464f1b261d08ac677e753d1088
- affected 2e4c77bea3d8b17d94f8ee382411f359b708560f – < a524e7fed696a4dfef671e0fda3511bfd2dca0cf
- affected 2e4c77bea3d8b17d94f8ee382411f359b708560f – < da64e01da40c6b71a54144126da53cc3b27201ac
- affected 2e4c77bea3d8b17d94f8ee382411f359b708560f – < fce9890e1be4c0460dad850cc8c00414a9d25f0f
- affected 2e4c77bea3d8b17d94f8ee382411f359b708560f – < a0ead7e8da84f4c3759417b8e928b65e0207c646
- affected 2e4c77bea3d8b17d94f8ee382411f359b708560f – < 8e002b9fe831b27d4506df6fa60cb33ba0730ac3
- affected 2e4c77bea3d8b17d94f8ee382411f359b708560f – < 78fddc0ff971f9874d53c854818cc4aafa144114
- affected 2e4c77bea3d8b17d94f8ee382411f359b708560f – < e63e99397b2613d50a5f4f02ed07307e67a190f1
- affected 2.6.29
- unaffected < 2.6.29
- 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/affe3cea6b3148fa66796a48640664822ceccd48 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b68caa95064ac464f1b261d08ac677e753d1088 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a524e7fed696a4dfef671e0fda3511bfd2dca0cf (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da64e01da40c6b71a54144126da53cc3b27201ac (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fce9890e1be4c0460dad850cc8c00414a9d25f0f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0ead7e8da84f4c3759417b8e928b65e0207c646 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e002b9fe831b27d4506df6fa60cb33ba0730ac3 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78fddc0ff971f9874d53c854818cc4aafa144114 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e63e99397b2613d50a5f4f02ed07307e67a190f1 (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-2022-55850 (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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