Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 27, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-49752
CVE-2022-49752
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
device property: fix of node refcount leak in fwnode_graph_get_next_endpoint()
The 'parent' returned by fwnode_graph_get_port_parent() with refcount incremented when 'prev' is not NULL, it needs be put when finish using it.
Because the parent is const, introduce a new variable to store the returned fwnode, then put it before returning from fwnode_graph_get_next_endpoint().
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.15,<5.15.91
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
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