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iio: adc: at91_adc: fix possible memory leak in at91_adc_allocate_trigger()

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: adc: at91_adc: fix possible memory leak in at91_adc_allocate_trigger() If iio_trigger_register() returns error, it should call iio_trigger_free() to give up the reference that hold in iio_trigger_alloc(), so that it can call iio_trig_release() to free memory when the refcount hit to 0.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.14.300, 4.19.267, 4.9.334, 5.10.156, 5.15.80, 5.4.225, 6.0.10
CVEs
CVE-2022-49794
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 02:52 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

iio: adc: at91_adc: fix possible memory leak in at91_adc_allocate_trigger()

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 May 2025, 14:09 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: adc: at91_adc: fix possible memory leak in at91_adc_allocate_trigger() If iio_trigger_register() returns error, it should call iio_trigger_free() to give up the reference that hold in iio_trigger_alloc(), so that it can call iio_trig_release() to free memory when the refcount hit to 0.

osv:CVE-2022-49794

Kernel

Fixed versions: 4.9.334, 4.14.300, 4.19.267, 5.4.225, 5.10.156, 5.15.80, 6.0.10

Complete source record
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