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CVE-2022-50561

UnknownEPSS 0.19%

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CVE-2022-50561 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: fix memory leak in iio_device_register_eventset() When iio_device_register_sysfs_group() returns failed, iio_device_register_eventset() needs to free attrs array. Otherwise, kmemleak would scan & report memory leak as below: unreferenced object 0xffff88810a1cc3c0 (size 32): comm "100-i2c-vcnl302", pid 728, jiffies 4295052307 (age 156.027s) backtrace: __kmalloc+0x46/0x1b0 iio_device_register_eventset at drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c:541 __iio_device_register at drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c:1959 __devm_iio_device_register at drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c:2040. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: fix memory leak in iio_device_register_eventset() When iio_device_register_sysfs_group() returns failed, iio_device_register_eventset() needs to free attrs array. Otherwise, kmemleak would scan & report memory leak as below: unreferenced object 0xffff88810a1cc3c0 (size 32): comm "100-i2c-vcnl302", pid 728, jiffies 4295052307 (age 156.027s) backtrace: __kmalloc+0x46/0x1b0 iio_device_register_eventset at drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c:541 __iio_device_register at drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c:1959 __devm_iio_device_register at drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c:2040

Metrics

EPSS Probability
0.19%

9.4th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

References

Timeline

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Last Modified
Status
Deferred

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-50561?
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: fix memory leak in iio_device_register_eventset() When iio_device_register_sysfs_group() returns failed, iio_device_register_eventset() needs to free attrs array. Otherwise, kmemleak would scan & report memory leak as below: unreferenced object 0xffff88810a1cc3c0 (size 32): comm "100-i2c-vcnl302", pid 728, jiffies 4295052307 (age 156.027s) backtrace: __kmalloc+0x46/0x1b0 iio_device_register_eventset at drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c:541 __iio_device_register at drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c:1959 __devm_iio_device_register at drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c:2040
How severe is CVE-2022-50561?
Severity scoring for CVE-2022-50561 is pending analysis. The EPSS model estimates a 0.19% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2022-50561?
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Source: NVD / NIST