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

netdevsim: fix memory leak in nsim_bus_dev_new()

If device_register() failed in nsim_bus_dev_new(), the value of reference
in nsim_bus_dev->dev is 1. obj->name in nsim_bus_dev->dev will not be
released.

unreferenced object 0xffff88810352c480 (size 16):
comm "echo", pid 5691, jiffies 4294945921 (age 133.270s)
hex dump (first 16 bytes):
6e 65 74 64 65 76 73 69 6d 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 netdevsim1......
backtrace:
[<000000005e2e5e26>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x3a/0xb0
[<0000000094ca4fc8>] kvasprintf+0xc3/0x160
[<00000000aad09bcc>] kvasprintf_const+0x55/0x180
[<000000009bac868d>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x56/0x150
[<000000007c1a5d70>] dev_set_name+0xbb/0xf0
[<00000000ad0d126b>] device_add+0x1f8/0x1cb0
[<00000000c222ae24>] new_device_store+0x3b6/0x5e0
[<0000000043593421>] bus_attr_store+0x72/0xa0
[<00000000cbb1833a>] sysfs_kf_write+0x106/0x160
[<00000000d0dedb8a>] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3a8/0x5a0
[<00000000770b66e2>] vfs_write+0x8f0/0xc80
[<0000000078bb39be>] ksys_write+0x106/0x210
[<00000000005e55a4>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
[<00000000eaa40bbc>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00027.

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
40e4fe4ce115c409c3e2fbb247085103ef1cc755 affected < 77579e4065295071fbd9662f03430dca5b50b086
40e4fe4ce115c409c3e2fbb247085103ef1cc755 affected < cf2010aa1c739bab067cbc90b690d28eaa0b47da
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
5.2 affected —
0 unaffected < 5.2
6.0.7 unaffected ≤ 6.0.*
6.1 unaffected ≤ *

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77579e4065295071fbd9662f03430dca5b50b086 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf2010aa1c739bab067cbc90b690d28eaa0b47da cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025122458-CVE-2022-50772-774d@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50772 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50772 cve-icon
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Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Moderate

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 13:15:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netdevsim: fix memory leak in nsim_bus_dev_new() If device_register() failed in nsim_bus_dev_new(), the value of reference in nsim_bus_dev->dev is 1. obj->name in nsim_bus_dev->dev will not be released. unreferenced object 0xffff88810352c480 (size 16): comm "echo", pid 5691, jiffies 4294945921 (age 133.270s) hex dump (first 16 bytes): 6e 65 74 64 65 76 73 69 6d 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 netdevsim1...... backtrace: [<000000005e2e5e26>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x3a/0xb0 [<0000000094ca4fc8>] kvasprintf+0xc3/0x160 [<00000000aad09bcc>] kvasprintf_const+0x55/0x180 [<000000009bac868d>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x56/0x150 [<000000007c1a5d70>] dev_set_name+0xbb/0xf0 [<00000000ad0d126b>] device_add+0x1f8/0x1cb0 [<00000000c222ae24>] new_device_store+0x3b6/0x5e0 [<0000000043593421>] bus_attr_store+0x72/0xa0 [<00000000cbb1833a>] sysfs_kf_write+0x106/0x160 [<00000000d0dedb8a>] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3a8/0x5a0 [<00000000770b66e2>] vfs_write+0x8f0/0xc80 [<0000000078bb39be>] ksys_write+0x106/0x210 [<00000000005e55a4>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 [<00000000eaa40bbc>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
Title netdevsim: fix memory leak in nsim_bus_dev_new()
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-24T13:06:01.170Z

Reserved: 2025-12-24T13:02:21.547Z

Link: CVE-2022-50772

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-24T13:16:04.020

Modified: 2025-12-29T15:58:34.503

Link: CVE-2022-50772

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50772 - Bugzilla

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