CVE-2022-50427
Not scored
ALSA: ac97: fix possible memory leak in snd_ac97_dev_register()
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.
Exploit probability
0.1%
Published
October 1, 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-2022-50427
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- 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
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50427.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50427