CVE-2022-49370: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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().

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 2.6.39, before 4.9.318 (fixed in 4.9.318); from 4.10, before 4.14.283 (fixed in 4.14.283); from 4.15, before 4.19.247 (fixed in 4.19.247); from 4.20, before 5.4.198 (fixed in 5.4.198); from 5.5, before 5.10.122 (fixed in 5.10.122); from 5.11, before 5.15.47 (fixed in 5.15.47); …

Published 2025-02-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.