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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00036.

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References
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f8e9a15c8ecf95057061d370a2dddaf1cee4aeb cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4881bda5ea05c8c240fc8afeaa928e2bc43f61fa cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fdf6f978c6b605ca0d67bf0e982b7a8fc0f4aab cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/758dbcc6fbf2286eff02743b093c70a18a407d66 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a602ec9d88f177dba78bc97fb1adecc7a71ff279 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfce73088682ef0770da951f51156c36a89be490 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c68b2e9ef246117f696e360bbdd2f5736b3a7127 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee8bf0946f62ef00e5db4b613a9f664ac567259a cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100157-CVE-2022-50427-87b9@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50427 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50427 cve-icon
History

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title ALSA: ac97: fix possible memory leak in snd_ac97_dev_register()
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-01T11:42:06.365Z

Reserved: 2025-09-17T14:53:07.004Z

Link: CVE-2022-50427

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-01T12:15:34.263

Modified: 2025-10-02T19:12:17.160

Link: CVE-2022-50427

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-10-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50427 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-02T08:39:37Z

Weaknesses

No weakness.