{"cve":"CVE-2022-49370","nvd":{"published":"2025-02-26T07:01:13.677","modified":"2026-06-17T05:17:51.110","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfirmware: dmi-sysfs: Fix memory leak in dmi_sysfs_register_handle\n\nkobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails.\nAccording to the doc of kobject_init_and_add()\n\n   If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to\n   properly clean up the memory associated with the object.\n\nFix this issue by calling kobject_put().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ba359ebe914ac3f8c6c832b28007c14c39d3766","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/660ba678f9998aca6db74f2dd912fa5124f0fa31","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/985706bd3bbeffc8737bc05965ca8d24837bc7db","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a724634b2a49f6ff0177a9e19a5a92fc1545e1b7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9bfb37d6ba7c376b0d53337a4c5f5ff324bd725"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:59:48.811064707+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49370","score":0.00291,"percentile":0.21667,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}