CVE-2022-48698
Moderate
drm/amd/display: fix memory leak when using debugfs_lookup()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: fix memory leak when using debugfs_lookup() When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it, otherwise the memory will leak over time. Fix this up by properly calling dput().
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
May 3, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-48698
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: fix memory leak when using debugfs_lookup() When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it, otherwise the memory will leak over time. Fix this up by properly calling dput().
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a6279d243cb035eaaff1450980b40cf19748f05
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58acd2ebae034db3bacf38708f508fbd12ae2e54
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbfac7fa491651c57926c99edeb7495c6c1aeac2
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/48xxx/CVE-2022-48698.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48698