drm/i915: fix a possible refcount leak in intel_dp_add_mst_connector()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: fix a possible refcount leak in intel_dp_add_mst_connector() If drm_connector_init fails, intel_connector_free will be called to take care of proper free. So it is necessary to drop the refcount of port before intel_connector_free. (cherry picked from commit cea9ed611e85d36a05db52b6457bf584b7d969e2)
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: fix a possible refcount leak in intel_dp_add_mst_connector() If drm_connector_init fails, intel_connector_free will be called to take care of proper free. So it is necessary to drop the refcount of port before intel_connector_free. (cherry picked from commit cea9ed611e85d36a05db52b6457bf584b7d969e2)
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/505114dda5bbfd07f4ce9a2df5b7d8ef5f2a1218
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/592f3bad00b7e2a95a6fb7a4f9e742c061c9c3c1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72f231b9a88abcfac9f5ddaa1a0aacb3f9f87ba5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85144df9ff4652816448369de76897c57cbb1b93
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a91522b4279bebb098106a19b91f82b9c3213be9
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49644.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49644