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

iio: fix memory leak in iio_device_register_eventset()

When iio_device_register_sysfs_group() returns failed,
iio_device_register_eventset() needs to free attrs array.

Otherwise, kmemleak would scan & report memory leak as below:

unreferenced object 0xffff88810a1cc3c0 (size 32):
comm "100-i2c-vcnl302", pid 728, jiffies 4295052307 (age 156.027s)
backtrace:
__kmalloc+0x46/0x1b0
iio_device_register_eventset at drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c:541
__iio_device_register at drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c:1959
__devm_iio_device_register at drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c:2040
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History

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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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, 22 Oct 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: fix memory leak in iio_device_register_eventset() When iio_device_register_sysfs_group() returns failed, iio_device_register_eventset() needs to free attrs array. Otherwise, kmemleak would scan & report memory leak as below: unreferenced object 0xffff88810a1cc3c0 (size 32): comm "100-i2c-vcnl302", pid 728, jiffies 4295052307 (age 156.027s) backtrace: __kmalloc+0x46/0x1b0 iio_device_register_eventset at drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c:541 __iio_device_register at drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c:1959 __devm_iio_device_register at drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c:2040
Title iio: fix memory leak in iio_device_register_eventset()
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-22T13:23:20.802Z

Reserved: 2025-10-22T13:20:23.759Z

Link: CVE-2022-50561

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-22T14:15:40.847

Modified: 2025-10-22T21:12:48.953

Link: CVE-2022-50561

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-10-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50561 - Bugzilla

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