What is CVE-2022-50848?

CVE-2022-50848 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability. CVE-2022-50848 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50848?

CVE-2022-50848 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-50848?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-50848. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2022-50848 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50848 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-50848

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: dio: fix possible memory leak in dio_init() If device_register() returns error, the 'dev' and name needs be freed. Add a release function, and then call put_device() in the error path, so the name is freed in kobject_cleanup() and to the 'dev' is freed in release function.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-30

Last modified 2026-04-15

Patch available

Awaiting data

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-50848 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b68caa95064ac464f1b261d08ac677e753d1088
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78fddc0ff971f9874d53c854818cc4aafa144114
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Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e002b9fe831b27d4506df6fa60cb33ba0730ac3
Patch

9 patch commits total View all on NVD