CVE-2022-49113

kernel: powerpc/secvar: fix refcount leak in format_show()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 26, 2025

Updated · October 29, 2026

Description

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

powerpc/secvar: fix refcount leak in format_show()

Refcount leak will happen when format_show returns failure in multiple cases. Unified management of of_node_put can fix this problem.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime