CVE-2022-50318
kernel: perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix reference count leak in hswep_has_limit_sbox()
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · September 15, 2025
Updated · July 22, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix reference count leak in hswep_has_limit_sbox()
pci_get_device() will increase the reference count for the returned 'dev'. We need to call pci_dev_put() to decrease the reference count. Since 'dev' is only used in pci_read_config_dword(), let's add pci_dev_put() right after it.
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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