CVE-2022-49422
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dmaengine: idxd: Fix the error handling path in idxd_cdev_register()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Fix the error handling path in idxd_cdev_register() If a call to alloc_chrdev_region() fails, the already allocated resources are leaking. Add the needed error handling path to fix the leak.
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
February 26, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
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04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-49422
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Fix the error handling path in idxd_cdev_register() If a call to alloc_chrdev_region() fails, the already allocated resources are leaking. Add the needed error handling path to fix the leak.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e88561eceb34ae3f88451c2b8e30fe403484189
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6073af78156b8c3fc1198f8bcc190b7ac3ac0143
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aab08c1aac01097815fbcf10fce7021d2396a31f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3c7b5d08e9d5b2ff31c03078c00ecf11042419f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c308a2e711a52a47f4b45e7add2b5200169e429a
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49422.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49422