Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iio: trigger: sysfs: fix possible memory leak in iio_sysfs_trig_init()
dev_set_name() allocates memory for name, it need be freed
when device_add() fails, call put_device() to give up the
reference that hold in device_initialize(), so that it can
be freed in kobject_cleanup() when the refcount hit to 0.
Fault injection test can trigger this:
unreferenced object 0xffff8e8340a7b4c0 (size 32):
comm "modprobe", pid 243, jiffies 4294678145 (age 48.845s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
69 69 6f 5f 73 79 73 66 73 5f 74 72 69 67 67 65 iio_sysfs_trigge
72 00 a7 40 83 8e ff ff 00 86 13 c4 f6 ee ff ff r..@............
backtrace:
[<0000000074999de8>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1e9/0x360
[<00000000497fd30b>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x44/0x1a0
[<000000003636c520>] kstrdup+0x2d/0x60
[<0000000032f84da2>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x1e/0x90
[<0000000092efe493>] dev_set_name+0x4e/0x70
iio: trigger: sysfs: fix possible memory leak in iio_sysfs_trig_init()
dev_set_name() allocates memory for name, it need be freed
when device_add() fails, call put_device() to give up the
reference that hold in device_initialize(), so that it can
be freed in kobject_cleanup() when the refcount hit to 0.
Fault injection test can trigger this:
unreferenced object 0xffff8e8340a7b4c0 (size 32):
comm "modprobe", pid 243, jiffies 4294678145 (age 48.845s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
69 69 6f 5f 73 79 73 66 73 5f 74 72 69 67 67 65 iio_sysfs_trigge
72 00 a7 40 83 8e ff ff 00 86 13 c4 f6 ee ff ff r..@............
backtrace:
[<0000000074999de8>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1e9/0x360
[<00000000497fd30b>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x44/0x1a0
[<000000003636c520>] kstrdup+0x2d/0x60
[<0000000032f84da2>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x1e/0x90
[<0000000092efe493>] dev_set_name+0x4e/0x70
Analysis
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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 EUVD |
EUVD-2025-12981 | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: trigger: sysfs: fix possible memory leak in iio_sysfs_trig_init() dev_set_name() allocates memory for name, it need be freed when device_add() fails, call put_device() to give up the reference that hold in device_initialize(), so that it can be freed in kobject_cleanup() when the refcount hit to 0. Fault injection test can trigger this: unreferenced object 0xffff8e8340a7b4c0 (size 32): comm "modprobe", pid 243, jiffies 4294678145 (age 48.845s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 69 69 6f 5f 73 79 73 66 73 5f 74 72 69 67 67 65 iio_sysfs_trigge 72 00 a7 40 83 8e ff ff 00 86 13 c4 f6 ee ff ff r..@............ backtrace: [<0000000074999de8>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1e9/0x360 [<00000000497fd30b>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x44/0x1a0 [<000000003636c520>] kstrdup+0x2d/0x60 [<0000000032f84da2>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x1e/0x90 [<0000000092efe493>] dev_set_name+0x4e/0x70 |
References
History
Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:15:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-401 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000
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Thu, 01 May 2025 14:30:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: trigger: sysfs: fix possible memory leak in iio_sysfs_trig_init() dev_set_name() allocates memory for name, it need be freed when device_add() fails, call put_device() to give up the reference that hold in device_initialize(), so that it can be freed in kobject_cleanup() when the refcount hit to 0. Fault injection test can trigger this: unreferenced object 0xffff8e8340a7b4c0 (size 32): comm "modprobe", pid 243, jiffies 4294678145 (age 48.845s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 69 69 6f 5f 73 79 73 66 73 5f 74 72 69 67 67 65 iio_sysfs_trigge 72 00 a7 40 83 8e ff ff 00 86 13 c4 f6 ee ff ff r..@............ backtrace: [<0000000074999de8>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1e9/0x360 [<00000000497fd30b>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x44/0x1a0 [<000000003636c520>] kstrdup+0x2d/0x60 [<0000000032f84da2>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x1e/0x90 [<0000000092efe493>] dev_set_name+0x4e/0x70 | |
| Title | iio: trigger: sysfs: fix possible memory leak in iio_sysfs_trig_init() | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T19:06:53.685Z
Reserved: 2025-05-01T14:05:17.224Z
Link: CVE-2022-49793
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-05-01T15:16:02.563
Modified: 2025-11-06T22:07:22.437
Link: CVE-2022-49793
Redhat
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2025-06-23T09:16:29Z
Weaknesses