Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 28, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-22996

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.17.2, drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_aoss.c does not release an of_find_device_by_node reference after use, e.g., with put_device.

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Affected products

Linux/Kernelcpe-rescue
Ubuntu/Linux Kernelllm-fuzzy
Range: <5.17.2

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References

github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4b41a9d0fe3db5f91078a380f62f0572c3ecf2ddnvdPatch
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17.2nvdRelease Notes

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