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CVE-2022-48753

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2024-06-20 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: fix memory leak in disk_register_independent_access_ranges kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails. According to the doc of kobject_init_and_add() If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to properly clean up the memory associated with the object. Fix this issue by adding kobject_put(). Callback function blk_ia_ranges_sysfs_release() in kobject_put() can handle the pointer "iars" properly.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-401

References