CVE-2022-49486

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A refcount leak issue has been identified in the Linux kernel, specifically in the ASoC: fsl component, within the imx sgtl5000 probe function. The of find i2c device by node() function takes a reference, and in error paths, it is necessary to call put device() to drop the reference and avoid a refcount leak.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.