CVE-2022-50427
Status: AnalyzedMedium (5.5)—
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.
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Base score: 5.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.16%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 4
- Score date: 10/6/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-401
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f8e9a15c8ecf95057061d370a2dddaf1cee4aeb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4881bda5ea05c8c240fc8afeaa928e2bc43f61fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fdf6f978c6b605ca0d67bf0e982b7a8fc0f4aab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/758dbcc6fbf2286eff02743b093c70a18a407d66
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a602ec9d88f177dba78bc97fb1adecc7a71ff279
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfce73088682ef0770da951f51156c36a89be490
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c68b2e9ef246117f696e360bbdd2f5736b3a7127
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee8bf0946f62ef00e5db4b613a9f664ac567259a
Raw JSON (NVD)
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