CVE-2022-49457

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 ARM: versatile component. The problem arises from the of find compatible node function, which returns a device node pointer with an incremented refcount. To prevent this leak, it is necessary to use the of node put() function.

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