CVE-2022-49403 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published Unknown CVE-2022-49403

lib/string_helpers: fix not adding strarray to device's resource list

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib/string_helpers: fix not adding strarray to device's resource list Add allocated strarray to device's resource list. This is a must to automatically release strarray when the device disappears. Without this fix we have a memory leak in the few drivers which use devm_kasprintf_strarray().

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2022-49403

Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

More from Linux

View All →
CVE-2025-71315
drm/vkms: Convert to DRM's vblank timer
Unknown 0
CVE-2025-71314
drm/panthor: Recover from panthor_gpu_flush_caches() failures
Unknown 0
CVE-2025-71313
PCI: endpoint: Add missing NULL check for alloc_workqueue()
Unknown 0
CVE-2025-71312
fs/ntfs3: fix ntfs_mount_options leak in ntfs_fill_super()
Unknown 0
CVE-2025-71311
fs/ntfs3: Initialize new folios before use
Unknown 0

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
acdb89b6c87a2d7b5c48a82756e6f5c6f599f60a, 5.17, 0, 5.17.14, 5.18.3, 5.19

Timeline

Official Publish: February 26th, 2025
Last Modified: May 11th, 2026
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.