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  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3a866ff6fc2232c8e393cdb55ffb8ce947349e03"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "aa9054267366ff0a382d403d17728e21951ddbb9"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "35858b87a943917fa30172aa4bf01ce7adbcb42c"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "b29a2f1dd33ae9b94821ab2f4d398b9081786748"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2ac0a7059b7bcbed35bfffa34a82c9a9e99638ef"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "19ded60b40e86b0903c8d5bd0161437ed5107a8b"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "ca765257feb89dacf604ced9cd233db5f865dee0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "76837e7f6b30da72ad59f56291e22804a219e015"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5ca86eae55a2f006e6c1edd2029b2cacb6979515"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50474.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmacintosh: fix possible memory leak in macio_add_one_device()\n\nAfer commit 1fa5ae857bb1 (\"driver core: get rid of struct device's\nbus_id string array\"), the name of device is allocated dynamically. It\nneeds to be freed when of_device_register() fails. Call put_device() to\ngive up the reference that's taken in device_initialize(), so that it\ncan be freed in kobject_cleanup() when the refcount hits 0.\n\nmacio device is freed in macio_release_dev(), so the kfree() can be\nremoved.",
  "id": "CVE-2022-50474",
  "modified": "2026-04-01T23:08:10.575360326Z",
  "published": "2025-10-04T15:16:35.537Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19ded60b40e86b0903c8d5bd0161437ed5107a8b"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ac0a7059b7bcbed35bfffa34a82c9a9e99638ef"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35858b87a943917fa30172aa4bf01ce7adbcb42c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a866ff6fc2232c8e393cdb55ffb8ce947349e03"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ca86eae55a2f006e6c1edd2029b2cacb6979515"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76837e7f6b30da72ad59f56291e22804a219e015"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa9054267366ff0a382d403d17728e21951ddbb9"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b29a2f1dd33ae9b94821ab2f4d398b9081786748"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca765257feb89dacf604ced9cd233db5f865dee0"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50474.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50474"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "summary": "macintosh: fix possible memory leak in macio_add_one_device()"
}