CVE-2022-49953

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: light: cm3605: Fix an error handling path in cm3605_probe() The commit in Fixes also introduced a new error handling path which should goto the existing error handling path. Otherwise some resources leak.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/160905549e663019e26395ed9d66c24ee2cf5187	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f7f49d8135cfe137c81316af64678f4dca1b82b	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc3::::::

History

14 Nov 2025, 18:59

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc3::::::
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 5.5
CWE		NVD-CWE-noinfo
References	~~() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/160905549e663019e26395ed9d66c24ee2cf5187 -~~	() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/160905549e663019e26395ed9d66c24ee2cf5187 - Patch
References	~~() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f7f49d8135cfe137c81316af64678f4dca1b82b -~~	() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f7f49d8135cfe137c81316af64678f4dca1b82b - Patch
First Time		Linux linux Kernel Linux

Information

Published : 2025-06-18 11:15

Updated : 2025-11-14 18:59

NVD link : CVE-2022-49953

Mitre link : CVE-2022-49953

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-49953

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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