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CVE-2022-50278

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.15%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2025-09-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2022-50278
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.15%
Linux

Original NVD Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PNP: fix name memory leak in pnp_alloc_dev() After commit 1fa5ae857bb1 ("driver core: get rid of struct device's bus_id string array"), the name of device is allocated dynamically, move dev_set_name() after pnp_add_id() to avoid memory leak.

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