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               "lang": "en",
               "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngpiolib: fix memory leak in gpiochip_setup_dev()\n\nHere is a backtrace report about memory leak detected in\ngpiochip_setup_dev():\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff88810b406400 (size 512):\n  comm \"python3\", pid 1682, jiffies 4295346908 (age 24.090s)\n  backtrace:\n    kmalloc_trace\n    device_add\t\tdevice_private_init at drivers/base/core.c:3361\n\t\t\t(inlined by) device_add at drivers/base/core.c:3411\n    cdev_device_add\n    gpiolib_cdev_register\n    gpiochip_setup_dev\n    gpiochip_add_data_with_key\n\ngcdev_register() & gcdev_unregister() would call device_add() &\ndevice_del() (no matter CONFIG_GPIO_CDEV is enabled or not) to\nregister/unregister device.\n\nHowever, if device_add() succeeds, some resource (like\nstruct device_private allocated by device_private_init())\nis not released by device_del().\n\nTherefore, after device_add() succeeds by gcdev_register(), it\nneeds to call put_device() to release resource in the error handle\npath.\n\nHere we move forward the register of release function, and let it\nrelease every piece of resource by put_device() instead of kfree().\n\nWhile at it, fix another subtle issue, i.e. when gc->ngpio is equal\nto 0, we still call kcalloc() and, in case of further error, kfree()\non the ZERO_PTR pointer, which is not NULL. It's not a bug per se,\nbut rather waste of the resources and potentially wrong expectation\nabout contents of the gdev->descs variable."
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         "affected": [
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               "vendor": "Linux",
               "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
               "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
               "programFiles": [
                  "drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c"
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               "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
               "programFiles": [
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                     "status": "affected"
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                  {
                     "version": "0",
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                     "status": "unaffected",
                     "versionType": "custom"
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                  {
                     "version": "5.15.83",
                     "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
                     "status": "unaffected",
                     "versionType": "custom"
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                  {
                     "version": "6.0.13",
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                     "version": "6.1",
                     "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
                     "status": "unaffected",
                     "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
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            {
               "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6daaa84b621485fe28c401be18debf92ae8ef04a"
            },
            {
               "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/371363716398ed718e389bea8c5e9843a79dde4e"
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            {
               "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec851b23084b3a0af8bf0f5e51d33a8d678bdc49"
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         "title": "gpiolib: fix memory leak in gpiochip_setup_dev()",
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      "cveID": "CVE-2022-48975",
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