CVE-2022-49439

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

Description A refcount leak issue has been identified in the powerpc/fsl rio component of the Linux kernel. The of parse phandle() function returns a node pointer with an incremented refcount, which should be decreased using of node put() when no longer needed to prevent a refcount leak. This issue has been resolved by adding a missing of node put() call.

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