CVE-2022-49874
Moderate
HID: hyperv: fix possible memory leak in mousevsc_probe()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: hyperv: fix possible memory leak in mousevsc_probe() If hid_add_device() returns error, it should call hid_destroy_device() to free hid_dev which is allocated in hid_allocate_device().
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
May 1, 2025
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-2022-49874
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: hyperv: fix possible memory leak in mousevsc_probe() If hid_add_device() returns error, it should call hid_destroy_device() to free hid_dev which is allocated in hid_allocate_device().
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/249b743801c00542e9324f87b380032e957a43e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ad95d71344b7ffec360d62591633b3c465dc049
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f3aba6566b866f5b0a4916f0b2e8a6ae66a6451
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8597b59e3d22b27849bd3e4f92a3d466774bfb04
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6d2fb1874c52ace1f5cf1966ee558829c5c19b6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5bcb94b0954a026bbd671741fdb00e7141f9c91
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e29289d0d8193fca6d2c1f0a1de75cfc80edec00
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed75d1a1c31a0cae8ecc8bcea710b25c0be68da0
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49874.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49874