CVE-2022-50427: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: ac97: fix possible memory leak in snd_ac97_dev_register() If device_register() fails in snd_ac97_dev_register(), it should call put_device() to give up reference, or the name allocated in dev_set_name() is leaked.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 2.6.14, before 4.9.332 (fixed in 4.9.332); from 4.10, before 4.14.298 (fixed in 4.14.298); from 4.15, before 4.19.264 (fixed in 4.19.264); from 4.20, before 5.4.223 (fixed in 5.4.223); from 5.5, before 5.10.153 (fixed in 5.10.153); from 5.11, before 5.15.77 (fixed in 5.15.77); …

Published 2025-10-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.