CVE-2022-50349

low-risk
Published 2025-09-16

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.

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0.01% 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/1695b1adcc3a7d985cd22fa3b55761edf3fab50d
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bbb222a54ff501f77ce593d21b76b79c905045e
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35abbc8406cc39e72d3ce85f6e869555afe50d54
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57c857353d5020bdec8284d9c0fee447484fe5e0
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/848c45964ded537107e010aaf353aa30a0855387
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d861b7d41b17942b337d4b87a70de7cd1dc44d4e
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee2715faf7e7153f5142ed09aacfa89a64d45dcb
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef843ee20576039126d34d6eb5f45d14c3e6ce18
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd2c930cf6a5b9176382c15f9acb1996e76e25ad
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal