Bug 2348262 (CVE-2022-49370) - CVE-2022-49370 kernel: firmware: dmi-sysfs: Fix memory leak in dmi_sysfs_register_handle
Summary: CVE-2022-49370 kernel: firmware: dmi-sysfs: Fix memory leak in dmi_sysfs_regi...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-49370
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-02-26 03:23 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-02-26 17:04 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-02-26 03:23:16 UTC
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().

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-02-26 12:49:17 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022645-CVE-2022-49370-05fc@gregkh/T

Comment 4 Avinash Hanwate 2025-02-26 17:03:48 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022645-CVE-2022-49370-05fc@gregkh/T


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