CVE-2022-50427

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

01/10/2025

Last modified:

20/01/2026

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	2.6.14 (including)	4.9.332 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.10 (including)	4.14.298 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.15 (including)	4.19.264 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.20 (including)	5.4.223 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.5 (including)	5.10.153 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.77 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.0.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc2::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2022-50427

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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