CVE-2022-49241

kernel: ASoC: atmel: Fix error handling in sam9x5_wm8731_driver_probe

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 26, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

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

ASoC: atmel: Fix error handling in sam9x5_wm8731_driver_probe

The device_node pointer is returned by of_parse_phandle() with refcount incremented. We should use of_node_put() on it when done.

This function only calls of_node_put() in the regular path. And it will cause refcount leak in error path.

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 not specified