CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Linux.
CVE
CVE-2022-49370
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.29%
Linux
Original NVD Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: dmi-sysfs: Fix memory leak in dmi_sysfs_register_handle 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 calling kobject_put().
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