CVE-2022-48698 (GCVE-0-2022-48698)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-03 15:11 – Updated: 2026-05-11 18:45
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Title
drm/amd/display: fix memory leak when using debugfs_lookup()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: fix memory leak when using debugfs_lookup() When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it, otherwise the memory will leak over time. Fix this up by properly calling dput().
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
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Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: 86bc221918925a0bbb49043e3936e898e009b43b , < 58acd2ebae034db3bacf38708f508fbd12ae2e54 (git)
Affected: 86bc221918925a0bbb49043e3936e898e009b43b , < 3a6279d243cb035eaaff1450980b40cf19748f05 (git)
Affected: 86bc221918925a0bbb49043e3936e898e009b43b , < cbfac7fa491651c57926c99edeb7495c6c1aeac2 (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 5.13
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.13 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.68 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.19.9 , ≤ 5.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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