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Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix memory leak in vmbus_add_channel_kobj

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix memory leak in vmbus_add_channel_kobj kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails. According to the doc of kobject_init_and_add(): If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to properly clean up the memory associated with the object. Fix memory leak by calling kobject_put().

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.19.231, 5.10.102, 5.15.25, 5.16.11, 5.4.181
CVEs
CVE-2022-48775
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 12:47 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix memory leak in vmbus_add_channel_kobj

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Jul 2024, 11:13 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix memory leak in vmbus_add_channel_kobj kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails. According to the doc of kobject_init_and_add(): If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to properly clean up the memory associated with the object. Fix memory leak by calling kobject_put().

osv:CVE-2022-48775

Kernel

Fixed versions: 4.19.231, 5.4.181, 5.10.102, 5.15.25, 5.16.11

Complete source record
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