{"cve":"CVE-2022-50669","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-09T16:17:18.953","modified":"2026-06-17T05:23:57.983","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmisc: ocxl: fix possible name leak in ocxl_file_register_afu()\n\nIf device_register() returns error in ocxl_file_register_afu(),\nthe name allocated by dev_set_name() need be freed. As comment\nof device_register() says, it should use put_device() to give\nup the reference in the error path. So fix this by calling\nput_device(), then the name can be freed in kobject_cleanup(),\nand info is freed in info_release().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cd05062371a49774e8a45258bdedf0bd6d3d327","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fce8b3583d1641a1716486f408478b58e96ec91","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3299983a6bf628249ac650908e62d12de959341e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/557b7de055d1e230ddb6664c29d26917b8db9143","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7525741cb302a1672b8c3a5edb2a08e4229b5c7c"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:16:40.427100871+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50669","score":0.00251,"percentile":0.16555,"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."]}