CVE-2022-50427

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50427
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-50427.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-50427
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-10-01T11:42:06.365Z
Modified
2026-04-11T12:44:57.143016Z
Summary
ALSA: ac97: fix possible memory leak in snd_ac97_dev_register()
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: ac97: fix possible memory leak in sndac97dev_register()

If deviceregister() fails in sndac97devregister(), it should call putdevice() to give up reference, or the name allocated in devset_name() is leaked.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50427.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18
Fixed
a602ec9d88f177dba78bc97fb1adecc7a71ff279
Fixed
0f8e9a15c8ecf95057061d370a2dddaf1cee4aeb
Fixed
ee8bf0946f62ef00e5db4b613a9f664ac567259a
Fixed
758dbcc6fbf2286eff02743b093c70a18a407d66
Fixed
bfce73088682ef0770da951f51156c36a89be490
Fixed
4fdf6f978c6b605ca0d67bf0e982b7a8fc0f4aab
Fixed
c68b2e9ef246117f696e360bbdd2f5736b3a7127
Fixed
4881bda5ea05c8c240fc8afeaa928e2bc43f61fa

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-50427.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.6.14
Fixed
4.9.332
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.10.0
Fixed
4.14.298
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.15.0
Fixed
4.19.264
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.20.0
Fixed
5.4.223
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.5.0
Fixed
5.10.153
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.77
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.0.7

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-50427.json"