CVE-2022-49370

low-risk
Published 2025-02-26

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: dmi-sysfs: Fix memory leak in dmi_sysfs_register_handle kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails. According to the doc of kobject_init_and_add() If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to properly clean up the memory associated with the object. Fix this issue by calling kobject_put().

Do I need to act?

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0.04% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (9)

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ba359ebe914ac3f8c6c832b28007c14c39d3766
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/660ba678f9998aca6db74f2dd912fa5124f0fa31
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/985706bd3bbeffc8737bc05965ca8d24837bc7db
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a724634b2a49f6ff0177a9e19a5a92fc1545e1b7
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9bfb37d6ba7c376b0d53337a4c5f5ff324bd725
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c66cc3c62870a27ea8f060a7e4c1ad8d26dd3f0d
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec752973aa721ee281d5441e497364637c626c7b
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed38d04342dfbe9e5aca745c8b5eb4188a74f0ef
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdffa4ad8f6bf1ece877edfb807f2b2c729d8578
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal