CVE-2022-50158 (GCVE-0-2022-50158)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-06-18 11:03
Modified
2025-06-18 11:03
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: partitions: Fix refcount leak in parse_redboot_of of_get_child_by_name() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not need anymore. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.
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Linux Linux Version: 6490ed7c4684caf9851a0b98e0ab17a8d693dada
Version: 2f8824f556a3ebea9840c53326e55cc183316611
Version: 237960880960863fb41888763d635b384cffb104
Version: 237960880960863fb41888763d635b384cffb104
Version: 237960880960863fb41888763d635b384cffb104
Version: 237960880960863fb41888763d635b384cffb104
Version: fa132c7ea108eacc67357ffe3172d3e68fcd71a2
Version: d5023eb76f0dc651558b0c7ba04565891ff18435
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