CVE-2022-49715

kernel: irqchip/gic-v3: Fix refcount leak in gic_populate_ppi_partitions

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 26, 2025

Updated · July 22, 2026

Description

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

irqchip/gic-v3: Fix refcount leak in gic_populate_ppi_partitions

of_find_node_by_phandle() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not need anymore. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

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