CVE-2022-50669

NameCVE-2022-50669
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: ocxl: fix possible name leak in ocxl_file_register_afu() If device_register() returns error in ocxl_file_register_afu(), the name allocated by dev_set_name() need be freed. As comment of device_register() says, it should use put_device() to give up the reference in the error path. So fix this by calling put_device(), then the name can be freed in kobject_cleanup(), and info is freed in info_release().
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.244-1fixed
bookworm6.1.148-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.158-1fixed
trixie6.12.57-1fixed
trixie (security)6.12.48-1fixed
forky6.17.9-1fixed
sid6.17.11-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebullseye5.10.178-1
linuxsource(unstable)6.1.4-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/a4cb1004aeed2ab893a058fad00a5b41a12c4691 (6.2-rc1)

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