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
2026-03-20T12:22:34.940448Z
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 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50427.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
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"