CVE-2022-50561
Oct. 22, 2025, 9:12 p.m.
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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
Product(s) Impacted
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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| Linux |
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*CPE(s)
Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language | Software Edition | Target Software | Target Hardware | Other Information |
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| o | linux | kernel | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
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Published: Oct. 22, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 22, 2025, 9:12 p.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 22, 2025, 9:12 p.m.
Status : Awaiting Analysis
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