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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 26, 2025· Updated Oct 1, 2025

powerpc/xive: Fix refcount leak in xive_spapr_init

CVE-2022-49437

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

powerpc/xive: Fix refcount leak in xive_spapr_init

of_find_compatible_node() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when done. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

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