power: supply: ab8500: Fix memory leak in ab8500_fg_sysfs_init
Priority LOW 24CWE-401Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-401.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: ab8500: Fix memory leak in ab8500_fg_sysfs_init kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails. According to the doc of kobject_init_and_add()： If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to properly clean up the memory associated with the object. Fix memory leak by calling kobject_put().
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00268 19th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 4.9.311, 4.14.276, 4.19.238 +6
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 4.9 and later | 4.9.311, 4.14.276, 4.19.238, 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2, 5.18 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.9 and later Fixed in 4.9.311, 4.14.276, 4.19.238, 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2, 5.18 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.9 to before 4.9.311; 4.10 to before 4.14.276; 4.15 to before 4.19.238; 4.20 to before 5.4.189; 5.5 to before 5.10.110; 5.11 to before 5.15.33; 5.16 to before 5.16.19; 5.17 to before 5.17.2 | Vulnerable | Linux |
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.9 to before 4.9.311; 4.10 to before 4.14.276; 4.15 to before 4.19.238; 4.20 to before 5.4.189; 5.5 to before 5.10.110; 5.11 to before 5.15.33; 5.16 to before 5.16.19; 5.17 to before 5.17.2 Vulnerable ·Linux
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.9.311, 4.14.276, 4.19.238, 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2, 5.18
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-49224
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3vpw-2qwh-gg2v
References
Patch 9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31cdf7897dba1f096b74f69d840f0575b8cdb9ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19aa3c98ed7b2616e105946cec804f897837ab84
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db3a61ef8e6aef3b888baa6a85926c2230c2cc56
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41ed61364285ff38bbbe9ca8a45c8372ba72921d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/879356a6a05559582b0a7895d86d2d4359745c08
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffb8e92b4cef92bd25563cf3d8b4489eb22bc61f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/261041097ab3470f1120b7733cbf472712304d1e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c32f6b6196b6efc1c68990dfeaac36fb8eb3b8e1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a4760463dbc6b603690938c468839985189ce0a
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Sources
- CVE-2022-49224 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-49224 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3vpw-2qwh-gg2v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-49224 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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