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DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49949

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49949 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware_loader: Fix memory leak in firmware upload In the case of firmware-upload, an instance of struct fw_upload is allocated in firmware_upload_register(). This data needs to be freed in fw_dev_release(). Create a new fw_upload_free() function in sysfs_upload.c to handle the firmware-upload specific memory frees and incorporate the missing kfree call for the fw_upload structure.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12linux0, 0, 0
Debian:14linux0, 0, 0
Debian:13linux0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Jun 18, 2025 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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