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CVE-2022-49818 (GCVE-0-2022-49818)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-01 14:09 – Updated: 2026-05-11 19:07
VLAI
Title
mISDN: fix misuse of put_device() in mISDN_register_device()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mISDN: fix misuse of put_device() in mISDN_register_device() We should not release reference by put_device() before calling device_initialize().
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: d1d1aede313eb2b9a84afd60ff6cfb7c33631e0e , < 44658d65f6b3118f595a1229d7eed74845a5e2ac (git)
Affected: 080aabfb29b2ee9cbb8894a1d039651943d3773e , < 81db4f182744acd004f17d7cc52dde9ea53467e6 (git)
Affected: a636fc5a7cabd05699b5692ad838c2c7a3abec7b , < d40b35a7922f4df3767ad6fb8ef3dc86e31d7ba3 (git)
Affected: 2ff6b669523d3b3d253a044fa9636a67d0694995 , < 83672c1b83d107b0d4fe0accf1bf64d8988398e6 (git)
Affected: e77d213843e67b4373285712699b692f9c743f61 , < 709aa1f73d3e9e9ea16e2c4e44f2874c5d2c382c (git)
Affected: 029d5b7688a2f3a86f2a3be5a6ba9cc968c80e41 , < 596230471da3415e92ae6b9d2a4e26f4a81cac5a (git)
Affected: 0d4e91efcaee081e919b3c50e875ecbb84290e41 , < 87b336aa158201dc30a318431e63e8c5b26c4156 (git)
Affected: e7d1d4d9ac0dfa40be4c2c8abd0731659869b297 , < 2d25107e111a85c56f601a5470f1780ec054e6ac (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 4.9.333 , < 4.9.334 (semver)
Affected: 4.14.299 , < 4.14.300 (semver)
Affected: 4.19.265 , < 4.19.267 (semver)
Affected: 5.4.224 , < 5.4.225 (semver)
Affected: 5.10.154 , < 5.10.156 (semver)
Affected: 5.15.78 , < 5.15.80 (semver)
Affected: 6.0.8 , < 6.0.10 (semver)
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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.


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