CVE-2022-50017

kernel: mips: cavium-octeon: Fix missing of_node_put() in octeon2_usb_clocks_start

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Severity

Unknown

Red Hat Product Security

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CVSS

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Published · June 18, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

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

mips: cavium-octeon: Fix missing of_node_put() in octeon2_usb_clocks_start

We should call of_node_put() for the reference 'uctl_node' returned by of_get_parent() which will increase the refcount. Otherwise, there will be a refcount leak bug.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CWE not specified