CVE-2022-50578
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2022
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
class: fix possible memory leak in __class_register()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: class: fix possible memory leak in __class_register() If class_add_groups() returns error, the 'cp->subsys' need be unregister, and the 'cp' need be freed. We can not call kset_unregister() here, because the 'cls' will be freed in callback function class_release() and it's also freed in caller's error path, it will cause double free. So fix this by calling kobject_del() and kfree_const(name) to cleanup kobject. Besides, call kfree() to free the 'cp'. Fault injection test can trigger this: unreferenced object 0xffff888102fa8190 (size 8): comm "modprobe", pid 502, jiffies 4294906074 (age 49.296s) hex dump (first 8 bytes): 70 6b 74 63 64 76 64 00 pktcdvd. backtrace: [<00000000e7c7703d>] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x1ae/0x320 [<000000005e4d70bc>] kstrdup+0x3a/0x70 [<00000000c2e5e85a>] kstrdup_const+0x68/0x80 [<000000000049a8c7>] kvasprintf_const+0x10b/0x190 [<0000000029123163>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x56/0x150 [<00000000747219c9>] kobject_set_name+0xab/0xe0 [<0000000005f1ea4e>] __class_register+0x15c/0x49a unreferenced object 0xffff888037274000 (size 1024): comm "modprobe", pid 502, jiffies 4294906074 (age 49.296s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 40 27 37 80 88 ff ff 00 40 27 37 80 88 ff ff .@'7.....@'7.... 00 00 00 00 ad 4e ad de ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 .....N.......... backtrace: [<00000000151f9600>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x17c/0x2f0 [<00000000ecf3dd95>] __class_register+0x86/0x49a
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ced6473e7486702f530a49f886b73195e4977734 | affected | git | 4efa5443817c1b6de22d401aeca5b2481e835f8c | Unavailable | None listed |
| ced6473e7486702f530a49f886b73195e4977734 | affected | git | 3bb9c92c27624ad076419a70f2b1a30cd1f8bbbd | Unavailable | None listed |
| ced6473e7486702f530a49f886b73195e4977734 | affected | git | 3e0efc3f3f5e5c73996782f8db69963e501bb878 | Unavailable | None listed |
| ced6473e7486702f530a49f886b73195e4977734 | affected | git | 18a7200646958cf8e1b8a933de08122fc50676cd | Unavailable | None listed |
| ced6473e7486702f530a49f886b73195e4977734 | affected | git | 417ef049e3fd3b0d2593c1d5ffa3d0d5d0a018a7 | Unavailable | None listed |
| ced6473e7486702f530a49f886b73195e4977734 | affected | git | e764ad5918a099ebeb909ccff83893a714e497e1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| ced6473e7486702f530a49f886b73195e4977734 | affected | git | abaedb68a769e6bf36836b55a2f49b531c5f3f7b | Unavailable | None listed |
| ced6473e7486702f530a49f886b73195e4977734 | affected | git | 8c3e8a6bdb5253b97ad532570f8b5db5f7a06407 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.10 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 4.10 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 4.14.303 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.14.* | None listed |
| 4.19.270 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 4.19.* | None listed |
| 5.4.229 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.4.* | None listed |
| 5.10.163 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.86 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.0.16 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.0.* | None listed |
| 6.1.2 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.2 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |