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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50462

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: MIPS: vpe-mt: fix possible memory leak while module exiting Afer commit 1fa5ae857bb1 ("driver core: get rid of struct device's bus_id string array"), the name of device is allocated dynamically, it need be freed when module exiting, call put_device() to give up reference, so that it can be freed in kobject_cleanup() when the refcount hit to 0. The vpe_device is static, so remove kfree() from vpe_device_release().

Products: linux
Affected versions: Not specified
Fixed versions: 6.1.4-1
CVEs: CVE-2022-50462
Confirmed fixed CVEs: Not specified
Updated in this feed: 30 Oct 2026, 14:45 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50462

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Oct 2025, 12:15 UTC

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50462

linux

Fixed versions: 6.1.4-1

linux

Fixed versions: 6.1.4-1

linux

Fixed versions: 6.1.4-1

Complete source record

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