CVE-2022-49716

low-risk
Published 2025-02-26

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/gic-v3: Fix error handling in gic_populate_ppi_partitions of_get_child_by_name() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not need anymore. When kcalloc fails, it missing of_node_put() and results in refcount leak. Fix this by goto out_put_node label.

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0.07% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (5)

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b325d993995a321f6ab4e6c51f0504ec092bf5b
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58e67c81e229351027d28c610638378606e33a08
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c9dd9d23f26dabcfb14148b9acdfba540418b19
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c83c34c57798fc41faefcf078be78683db2f4beb
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec8401a429ffee34ccf38cebf3443f8d5ae6cb0d
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 9/34 · Low