{"cve":"CVE-2022-50734","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-24T13:16:00.080","modified":"2026-06-17T05:24:05.250","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvmem: core: Fix memleak in nvmem_register()\n\ndev_set_name will alloc memory for nvmem->dev.kobj.name in\nnvmem_register, when nvmem_validate_keepouts failed, nvmem's\nmemory will be freed and return, but nobody will free memory\nfor nvmem->dev.kobj.name, there will be memleak, so moving\nnvmem_validate_keepouts() after device_register() and let\nthe device core deal with cleaning name in error cases.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bd2774df0ce37920b23819a860a66fdbdd90823","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9391cc3a787a58aa224a6440d7f244d780ba2896","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6054b9b239a493672f853b034570cca93ba7a88","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd1244561fa2a4531ded40dbf09c9599084f8b29"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50734","score":0.00238,"percentile":0.14862,"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."]}