CVE-2022-50522: Linux Kernel

Low severity, CVSS 3.3. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mcb: mcb-parse: fix error handing in chameleon_parse_gdd() If mcb_device_register() returns error in chameleon_parse_gdd(), the refcount of bus and device name are leaked. Fix this by calling put_device() to give up the reference, so they can be released in mcb_release_dev() and kobject_cleanup().

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 3.15, before 4.9.337 (fixed in 4.9.337); from 4.10, before 4.14.303 (fixed in 4.14.303); from 4.15, before 4.19.270 (fixed in 4.19.270); from 4.20, before 5.4.229 (fixed in 5.4.229); from 5.5, before 5.10.163 (fixed in 5.10.163); from 5.11, before 5.15.86 (fixed in 5.15.86); …

Published 2025-10-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.