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CVE-2022-49752

kernel: device property: fix of node refcount leak in fwnode_graph_get_next_endpoint()

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · March 27, 2025

Updated · July 22, 2026

Description

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

device property: fix of node refcount leak in fwnode_graph_get_next_endpoint()

The 'parent' returned by fwnode_graph_get_port_parent() with refcount incremented when 'prev' is not NULL, it needs be put when finish using it.

Because the parent is const, introduce a new variable to store the returned fwnode, then put it before returning from fwnode_graph_get_next_endpoint().

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 3.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-911 · Improper Update of Reference Count