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CVE-2022-50547: media: solo6x10: fix possible memory leak in solo_sysfs_init()

• 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: 2025-10-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: solo6x10: fix possible memory leak in solo_sysfs_init() If device_register() returns error in solo_sysfs_init(), 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().

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 3.10 before 4.9.337; from 4.10 before 4.14.303; from 4.15 before 4.19.270; from 4.20 before 5.4.229; from 5.5 before 5.10.163; from 5.11 before 5.15.86 — fixed in 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 4.9.337, 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 5.4.229

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 4.9.337, 5.10.163. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49060c0da57a381563e482e331dc9d4c3725b41b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b02c50d3978840781808e13bc13137fb81286b5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cf71bbe5d2ee12613f6e278888f5fc9c5c0cc2b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f5866dd96d95b74e439f6ee17b8abd8195179fb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83d4b1ae98a47a739fa5241300b86eb1110d5d63
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9416861170ba0da8ddb0f4fd2d28334f0ed3b9c2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/963729538674be4cb8fa292529ecf32de0d6c6dd
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b61509093e1af69e336a094d439b8e1137cb40d8
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6db105bcfbdbbbd484e788a0ddf8140a4a8c486

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