CVE-2022-49951
Published: Jun 18, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware_loader: Fix use-after-free during unregister In the following code within firmware_upload_unregister(), the call to device_unregister() could result in the dev_release function freeing the fw_upload_priv structure before it is dereferenced for the call to module_put(). This bug was found by the kernel test robot using CONFIG_KASAN while running the firmware selftests. device_unregister(&fw_sysfs->dev); module_put(fw_upload_priv->module); The problem is fixed by copying fw_upload_priv->module to a local variable for use when calling device_unregister().
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 97730bbb242cde22b7140acd202ffd88823886c9 - < d380d40930a674c520a5b55f3be1eb17dc634ebcaffected 97730bbb242cde22b7140acd202ffd88823886c9 - < 8b40c38e37492b5bdf8e95b46b5cca9517a9957a |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.19unaffected 0 - < 5.19unaffected 5.19.8 - <= 5.19.*unaffected 6.0 - <= * |
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