{"cve":"CVE-2022-50278","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-15T15:15:38.817","modified":"2026-06-17T05:23:08.317","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nPNP: fix name memory leak in pnp_alloc_dev()\n\nAfter commit 1fa5ae857bb1 (\"driver core: get rid of struct device's\nbus_id string array\"), the name of device is allocated dynamically,\nmove dev_set_name() after pnp_add_id() to avoid memory leak.","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/110d7b0325c55ff3620073ba4201845f59e22ebf","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f50c7497a5f89de0c31f2edf086af41ff834320","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/290dd73b943c95c006df973257076ff163adf4d0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/693a0c13c1f0c0fcaa1e38cb806cc0789bd415aa","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81b024df4755e6bb6993b786584eca6eabbb9791"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:08:41.295252406+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50278","score":0.00163,"percentile":0.05514,"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."]}