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ALSA: hda: fix potential memleak in 'add_widget_node'

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: hda: fix potential memleak in 'add_widget_node' As 'kobject_add' may allocated memory for 'kobject->name' when return error. And in this function, if call 'kobject_add' failed didn't free kobject. So call 'kobject_put' to recycling resources.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.14.300, 4.19.267, 4.9.334, 5.10.155, 5.15.79, 5.4.225, 6.0.9
CVEs
CVE-2022-49835
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 18:50 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

ALSA: hda: fix potential memleak in 'add_widget_node'

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 May 2025, 14:09 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: hda: fix potential memleak in 'add_widget_node' As 'kobject_add' may allocated memory for 'kobject->name' when return error. And in this function, if call 'kobject_add' failed didn't free kobject. So call 'kobject_put' to recycling resources.

osv:CVE-2022-49835

Kernel

Fixed versions: 4.9.334, 4.14.300, 4.19.267, 5.4.225, 5.10.155, 5.15.79, 6.0.9

Complete source record
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