CVE-2022-50427

ALSA: ac97: fix possible memory leak in snd_ac97_dev_register()

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Oct 1, 2025
Updated: May 11, 2026
Reserved: Sep 17, 2025

Description

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

ALSA: ac97: fix possible memory leak in snd_ac97_dev_register()

If device_register() fails in snd_ac97_dev_register(), it should call put_device() to give up reference, or the name allocated in dev_set_name() is leaked.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18 to before a602ec9d88f177dba78bc97fb1adecc7a71ff279Affected 0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18 to before 0f8e9a15c8ecf95057061d370a2dddaf1cee4aebAffected 0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18 to before ee8bf0946f62ef00e5db4b613a9f664ac567259aAffected 0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18 to before 758dbcc6fbf2286eff02743b093c70a18a407d66Affected 0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18 to before bfce73088682ef0770da951f51156c36a89be490Affected 0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18 to before 4fdf6f978c6b605ca0d67bf0e982b7a8fc0f4aabAffected 0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18 to before c68b2e9ef246117f696e360bbdd2f5736b3a7127Affected 0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18 to before 4881bda5ea05c8c240fc8afeaa928e2bc43f61faAffected
LinuxLinux	2.6.14Affected before 2.6.14Not affected 4.9.332 through 4.9.Not affected 4.14.298 through 4.14.Not affected 4.19.264 through 4.19.Not affected 5.4.223 through 5.4.Not affected 5.10.153 through 5.10.Not affected 5.15.77 through 5.15.Not affected 6.0.7 through 6.0.*Not affected 6.1 and laterNot affected

Product

Versions

LinuxLinux

0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18 to before a602ec9d88f177dba78bc97fb1adecc7a71ff279Affected
0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18 to before 0f8e9a15c8ecf95057061d370a2dddaf1cee4aebAffected
0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18 to before ee8bf0946f62ef00e5db4b613a9f664ac567259aAffected
0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18 to before 758dbcc6fbf2286eff02743b093c70a18a407d66Affected
0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18 to before bfce73088682ef0770da951f51156c36a89be490Affected
0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18 to before 4fdf6f978c6b605ca0d67bf0e982b7a8fc0f4aabAffected
0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18 to before c68b2e9ef246117f696e360bbdd2f5736b3a7127Affected
0ca06a00e206b963587ac471e6d1c52bf33b9a18 to before 4881bda5ea05c8c240fc8afeaa928e2bc43f61faAffected

LinuxLinux

2.6.14Affected
before 2.6.14Not affected
4.9.332 through 4.9.*Not affected
4.14.298 through 4.14.*Not affected
4.19.264 through 4.19.*Not affected
5.4.223 through 5.4.*Not affected
5.10.153 through 5.10.*Not affected
5.15.77 through 5.15.*Not affected
6.0.7 through 6.0.*Not affected
6.1 and laterNot affected

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