{"cve":"CVE-2022-50349","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-16T17:15:34.703","modified":"2026-06-17T05:23:17.623","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmisc: tifm: fix possible memory leak in tifm_7xx1_switch_media()\n\nIf device_register() returns error in tifm_7xx1_switch_media(),\nname of kobject which is allocated in dev_set_name() called in device_add()\nis leaked.\n\nNever directly free @dev after calling device_register(), even\nif it returned an error! Always use put_device() to give up the\nreference initialized.","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/1695b1adcc3a7d985cd22fa3b55761edf3fab50d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bbb222a54ff501f77ce593d21b76b79c905045e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35abbc8406cc39e72d3ce85f6e869555afe50d54","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57c857353d5020bdec8284d9c0fee447484fe5e0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/848c45964ded537107e010aaf353aa30a0855387"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:10:08.713834912+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50349","score":0.00163,"percentile":0.05513,"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."]}