CVE-2022-50848
kernel: drivers: dio: fix possible memory leak in dio_init()
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Published · December 30, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drivers: dio: fix possible memory leak in dio_init()
If device_register() returns error, the 'dev' and name needs be freed. Add a release function, and then call put_device() in the error path, so the name is freed in kobject_cleanup() and to the 'dev' is freed in release function.
Mitigation
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