CVE-2022-50278
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PNP: fix name memory leak in pnp_alloc_dev()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PNP: fix name memory leak in pnp_alloc_dev() After commit 1fa5ae857bb1 ("driver core: get rid of struct device's bus_id string array"), the name of device is allocated dynamically, move dev_set_name() after pnp_add_id() to avoid memory leak.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
September 15, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
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03 / CONNECTIONS
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04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-50278
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PNP: fix name memory leak in pnp_alloc_dev() After commit 1fa5ae857bb1 ("driver core: get rid of struct device's bus_id string array"), the name of device is allocated dynamically, move dev_set_name() after pnp_add_id() to avoid memory leak.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/110d7b0325c55ff3620073ba4201845f59e22ebf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f50c7497a5f89de0c31f2edf086af41ff834320
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/290dd73b943c95c006df973257076ff163adf4d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/693a0c13c1f0c0fcaa1e38cb806cc0789bd415aa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81b024df4755e6bb6993b786584eca6eabbb9791
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbcf772216aa237036cc3ae3158288d0a95aaf4d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c12b314bb23dc0c83e03402cc84574700947e3b2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dac87e295cddc8ab316cff14ab2071b5221d84fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea77b4b761cd75e5456f677311babfa0418f289a
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50278.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50278