CVE-2022-49794 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-49794

iio: adc: at91_adc: fix possible memory leak in at91_adc_allocate_trigger()

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: adc: at91_adc: fix possible memory leak in at91_adc_allocate_trigger() If iio_trigger_register() returns error, it should call iio_trigger_free() to give up the reference that hold in iio_trigger_alloc(), so that it can call iio_trig_release() to free memory when the refcount hit to 0.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0e589d5fb3172b0dde7fdad3a4829ce5352dd30d, 3.5, 0, 4.9.334, 4.14.300, 4.19.267, 5.4.225, 5.10.156, 5.15.80, 6.0.10, 6.1

Timeline

Official Publish: May 1st, 2025
Last Modified: May 11th, 2026
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.