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

PNP: fix name memory leak in pnp_alloc_dev()

After commit 1fa5ae857bb1 ("driver core: get rid of struct device's
bus_id string array"), the name of device is allocated dynamically,
move dev_set_name() after pnp_add_id() to avoid memory leak.
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:45:00 +0000


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-15T14:21:15.208Z

Reserved: 2025-09-15T13:58:00.976Z

Link: CVE-2022-50278

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-15T15:15:38.817

Modified: 2025-09-15T15:22:27.090

Link: CVE-2022-50278

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