Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 18, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-50017
CVE-2022-50017
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mips: cavium-octeon: Fix missing of_node_put() in octeon2_usb_clocks_start
We should call of_node_put() for the reference 'uctl_node' returned by of_get_parent() which will increase the refcount. Otherwise, there will be a refcount leak bug.
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References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b49707df679b5510ed06ace7378ddc2aec5c3fbnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e39037e44d7fa3728686af146f9285ea197097dnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7822d994eb9579a1df4cdbc315db090a041e50f3nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a9f743ceead60ed454c46fbc3085ee9a79cbebbnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d1afa0169a84dcd5b79901d792edeb8403684abnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a80016c40cc797c7f3e5a705b8e12ae447280335nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/af87a469695dc2b2419b2fdff0bf41db5265b325nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c06166a484eece51916dd700a870e53356b7e1bcnvdPatch
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