CVE-2022-50311
kernel: cxl: Fix refcount leak in cxl_calc_capp_routing
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · September 15, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cxl: Fix refcount leak in cxl_calc_capp_routing
of_get_next_parent() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not need anymore. This function only calls of_node_put() in normal path, missing it in the error path. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.
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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-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime