PT-2025-8400
CVE-2022-49466
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Published
2023-11-07
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Updated
2025-09-29
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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 scmi regulator probe function. The
of find node by name() function returns a node pointer with an incremented refcount, which requires the use of of node put() when done to avoid 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.
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