CVE-2022-50522 PUBLISHED

mcb: mcb-parse: fix error handing in chameleon_parse_gdd()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 07.10.2025 Published: 07.10.2025 Updated: 07.10.2025

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

mcb: mcb-parse: fix error handing in chameleon_parse_gdd()

If mcb_device_register() returns error in chameleon_parse_gdd(), the refcount of bus and device name are leaked. Fix this by calling put_device() to give up the reference, so they can be released in mcb_release_dev() and kobject_cleanup().

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 3764e82e5150d87b205c10cd78a9c9ab86fbfa51 to 891f606ae0765bc9ca99f5276735be4d338f0255 (excl.)
  • affected from 3764e82e5150d87b205c10cd78a9c9ab86fbfa51 to cf6e70c0ced50b52415ac0c88eba1fb09c500a5a (excl.)
  • affected from 3764e82e5150d87b205c10cd78a9c9ab86fbfa51 to fd85ece416fd7edb945203e59d4cd94952f77e7c (excl.)
  • affected from 3764e82e5150d87b205c10cd78a9c9ab86fbfa51 to 110dc34c9fa33d37f55b394b1199ea6c0ad1ee84 (excl.)
  • affected from 3764e82e5150d87b205c10cd78a9c9ab86fbfa51 to 7b289b791a59386dc23a00d3cf17a0db984b40d3 (excl.)
  • affected from 3764e82e5150d87b205c10cd78a9c9ab86fbfa51 to 43bfc7c2402a22d3b4eb08c040f274ba2b76461a (excl.)
  • affected from 3764e82e5150d87b205c10cd78a9c9ab86fbfa51 to b948baa29394ec5f4e6ec28486e7d06a76caee91 (excl.)
  • affected from 3764e82e5150d87b205c10cd78a9c9ab86fbfa51 to 4a9f1a8b3af287581ffb690d0e1593c681729ddb (excl.)
  • affected from 3764e82e5150d87b205c10cd78a9c9ab86fbfa51 to 728ac3389296caf68638628c987aeae6c8851e2d (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.15 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.15 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 4.9.337 to 4.9.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 4.14.303 to 4.14.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 4.19.270 to 4.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.4.229 to 5.4.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.163 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.86 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.0.16 to 6.0.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.2 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.2 to * (incl.)

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