CVE-2022-48775

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Hyper-V VMBus driver, which involved a memory leak caused by improper handling of the kobject_init_and_add() function in vmbus_add_channel_kobj(). When this function fails, it still references the kobject, which must be released by calling kobject_put().

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not vulnerable to this CVE, as it does not affect the versions or configurations of the Linux kernel used in its distributions.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.