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So fix this by calling\nput_device(), then the name can be freed in kobject_cleanup(),\nand info is freed in info_release().","publishedAt":"2025-12-09T01:29:20.745Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T19:23:20.227Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"75ca758adbafc81804c39b2c200ecdc819a6c042","status":"affected","lessThan":"0cd05062371a49774e8a45258bdedf0bd6d3d327","versionType":"git"},{"version":"75ca758adbafc81804c39b2c200ecdc819a6c042","status":"affected","lessThan":"7525741cb302a1672b8c3a5edb2a08e4229b5c7c","versionType":"git"},{"version":"75ca758adbafc81804c39b2c200ecdc819a6c042","status":"affected","lessThan":"3299983a6bf628249ac650908e62d12de959341e","versionType":"git"},{"version":"75ca758adbafc81804c39b2c200ecdc819a6c042","status":"affected","lessThan":"557b7de055d1e230ddb6664c29d26917b8db9143","versionType":"git"},{"version":"75ca758adbafc81804c39b2c200ecdc819a6c042","status":"affected","lessThan":"2fce8b3583d1641a1716486f408478b58e96ec91","versionType":"git"},{"version":"75ca758adbafc81804c39b2c200ecdc819a6c042","status":"affected","lessThan":"a4cb1004aeed2ab893a058fad00a5b41a12c4691","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/misc/ocxl/file.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"5.2","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"5.2","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.4.229","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.163","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.86","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.0.16","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.0.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.2","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.2","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/misc/ocxl/file.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cd05062371a49774e8a45258bdedf0bd6d3d327","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7525741cb302a1672b8c3a5edb2a08e4229b5c7c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3299983a6bf628249ac650908e62d12de959341e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/557b7de055d1e230ddb6664c29d26917b8db9143","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fce8b3583d1641a1716486f408478b58e96ec91","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4cb1004aeed2ab893a058fad00a5b41a12c4691"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:05:26.763Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50669.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2022-50669","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-12-09T01:29:20.745Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:23:20.227Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2025-12-09T01:26:45.990Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"misc: ocxl: fix possible name leak in ocxl_file_register_afu()","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmisc: ocxl: fix possible name leak in ocxl_file_register_afu()\n\nIf device_register() returns error in ocxl_file_register_afu(),\nthe name allocated by dev_set_name() need be freed. 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