CVE-2022-49793

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[<0000000032f84da2>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x1e/0x90\n [<0000000092efe493>] dev_set_name+0x4e/0x70"}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: iio: trigger: sysfs: se corrige una posible fuga de memoria en iio_sysfs_trig_init(). dev_set_name() asigna memoria para name. Esta debe liberarse cuando device_add() falla. Se llama a put_device() para liberar la referencia contenida en device_initialize(), de modo que pueda liberarse en kobject_cleanup() cuando refcount llegue a 0. La prueba de inyecci\u00f3n de fallos puede desencadenar esto: objeto sin referencia 0xffff8e8340a7b4c0 (tama\u00f1o 32): comm \"modprobe\", pid 243, jiffies 4294678145 (edad 48.845s) volcado hexadecimal (primeros 32 bytes): 69 69 6f 5f 73 79 73 66 73 5f 74 72 69 67 67 65 iio_sysfs_trigge 72 00 a7 40 83 8e ff ff 00 86 13 c4 f6 ee ff ff r..@............ backtrace: [&lt;0000000074999de8&gt;] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1e9/0x360 [&lt;00000000497fd30b&gt;] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x44/0x1a0 [&lt;000000003636c520&gt;] kstrdup+0x2d/0x60 [&lt;0000000032f84da2&gt;] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x1e/0x90 [&lt;0000000092efe493&gt;] dev_set_name+0x4e/0x70 "}], "id": "CVE-2022-49793", "lastModified": "2026-06-17T05:19:09.733", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2025-05-01T15:16:02.563", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dd52e141afde089304de470148d311b05c14564"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c4e65285bdea23fd36d2ff376006ac64db6f42e"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a39382aa5411d64b25a71516c2c7480aab13bb7"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/656f670613662b6cc77aad14112db2803ad18fa8"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8dddf2699da296c84205582aaead6b43dd7e8c4b"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b47bb521961f027b4dcf8683337a7a1ba9e5ea1f"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efa17e90e1711bdb084e3954fa44afb6647331c0"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f68c96821b61d2c71a35dbb8bf90c347fad624d9"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-401"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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