Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 1, 2025
ALSA: ac97: fix possible memory leak in snd_ac97_dev_register()
CVE-2022-50427
Description
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
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 2.6.14
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f8e9a15c8ecf95057061d370a2dddaf1cee4aebmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4881bda5ea05c8c240fc8afeaa928e2bc43f61famitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fdf6f978c6b605ca0d67bf0e982b7a8fc0f4aabmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/758dbcc6fbf2286eff02743b093c70a18a407d66mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a602ec9d88f177dba78bc97fb1adecc7a71ff279mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfce73088682ef0770da951f51156c36a89be490mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c68b2e9ef246117f696e360bbdd2f5736b3a7127mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee8bf0946f62ef00e5db4b613a9f664ac567259amitre
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