CVE-2022-49656

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 meson smp prepare cpus function. The of find compatible node() function returns a node pointer with an incremented refcount, which requires the use of of node put() when done to avoid a refcount leak. The 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.