CVE-2022-49836: siox: fix possible memory leak in siox_device_add()

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-05-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: siox: fix possible memory leak in siox_device_add() If device_register() returns error in siox_device_add(), 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 sdevice is freed in siox_device_release(), set it to null in error path.

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 4.16 before 4.19.267; from 4.20 before 5.4.225; from 5.5 before 5.10.156; from 5.11 before 5.15.80; from 5.16 before 6.0.10; 6.1-rc1, 6.1-rc2, 6.1-rc3, 6.1-rc4, 6.1-rc5 — fixed in 4.19.267, 5.10.156, 5.15.80, 5.4.225, 6.0.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.19.267, 5.10.156, 5.15.80, 5.4.225. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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