CVE-2022-50119
kernel: rpmsg: Fix possible refcount leak in rpmsg_register_device_override()
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · June 18, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rpmsg: Fix possible refcount leak in rpmsg_register_device_override()
rpmsg_register_device_override need to call put_device to free vch when driver_set_override fails.
Fix this by adding a put_device() to the error path.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-911 · Improper Update of Reference Count