CVE-2022-49652

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 dmaengine ti component. The problem arises from the of parse phandle() function returning a node pointer with an incremented refcount, which requires the use of of node put() when the node is no longer needed to prevent a leak. The issue is 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.