Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 26, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-49403

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

lib/string_helpers: fix not adding strarray to device's resource list

Add allocated strarray to device's resource list. This is a must to automatically release strarray when the device disappears.

Without this fix we have a memory leak in the few drivers which use devm_kasprintf_strarray().

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Linux/Kernel3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.17,<5.17.14
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 5.17
osv-coords
pkg:linux/kernel
Range: >= 5.17.0, < 5.17.14

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