CVE-2022-50464

low-risk
Published 2025-10-01

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mt76: mt7915: Fix PCI device refcount leak in mt7915_pci_init_hif2() As comment of pci_get_device() says, it returns a pci_device with its refcount increased. We need to call pci_dev_put() to decrease the refcount. Save the return value of pci_get_device() and call pci_dev_put() to decrease the refcount.

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0.01% 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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5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (3)

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d4b9c7e81f3a4df27749ebecb426b145e68be2a
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5938196cc188ba4323bc6357f5ac55127d715888
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8abc6579667129afd13ff2ccb0319ba3f46e6995
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal