In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wwan_hwsim: fix possible memory leak in wwan_hwsim_dev_new()
Inject fault while probing module, if device_register() fails,
but the refcount of kobject is not decreased to 0, the name
allocated in dev_set_name() is leaked. Fix this by calling
put_device(), so that name can be freed in callback function
kobject_cleanup().
unreferenced object 0xffff88810152ad20 (size 8):
comm "modprobe", pid 252, jiffies 4294849206 (age 22.713s)
hex dump (first 8 bytes):
68 77 73 69 6d 30 00 ff hwsim0..
backtrace:
[<000000009c3504ed>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x44/0x1b0
[<00000000c0228a5e>] kvasprintf+0xb5/0x140
[<00000000cff8c21f>] kvasprintf_const+0x55/0x180
[<0000000055a1e073>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x56/0x150
[<000000000a80b139>] dev_set_name+0xab/0xe0
wwan_hwsim: fix possible memory leak in wwan_hwsim_dev_new()
Inject fault while probing module, if device_register() fails,
but the refcount of kobject is not decreased to 0, the name
allocated in dev_set_name() is leaked. Fix this by calling
put_device(), so that name can be freed in callback function
kobject_cleanup().
unreferenced object 0xffff88810152ad20 (size 8):
comm "modprobe", pid 252, jiffies 4294849206 (age 22.713s)
hex dump (first 8 bytes):
68 77 73 69 6d 30 00 ff hwsim0..
backtrace:
[<000000009c3504ed>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x44/0x1b0
[<00000000c0228a5e>] kvasprintf+0xb5/0x140
[<00000000cff8c21f>] kvasprintf_const+0x55/0x180
[<0000000055a1e073>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x56/0x150
[<000000000a80b139>] dev_set_name+0xab/0xe0
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Workaround
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History
Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wwan_hwsim: fix possible memory leak in wwan_hwsim_dev_new() Inject fault while probing module, if device_register() fails, but the refcount of kobject is not decreased to 0, the name allocated in dev_set_name() is leaked. Fix this by calling put_device(), so that name can be freed in callback function kobject_cleanup(). unreferenced object 0xffff88810152ad20 (size 8): comm "modprobe", pid 252, jiffies 4294849206 (age 22.713s) hex dump (first 8 bytes): 68 77 73 69 6d 30 00 ff hwsim0.. backtrace: [<000000009c3504ed>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x44/0x1b0 [<00000000c0228a5e>] kvasprintf+0xb5/0x140 [<00000000cff8c21f>] kvasprintf_const+0x55/0x180 [<0000000055a1e073>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x56/0x150 [<000000000a80b139>] dev_set_name+0xab/0xe0 | |
| Title | wwan_hwsim: fix possible memory leak in wwan_hwsim_dev_new() | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-09-15T14:49:41.415Z
Reserved: 2025-09-15T14:18:36.816Z
Link: CVE-2022-50331
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NVD
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-09-15T15:15:45.310
Modified: 2025-09-15T15:22:27.090
Link: CVE-2022-50331
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