CVE-2022-49715
Moderate
irqchip/gic-v3: Fix refcount leak in gic_populate_ppi_partitions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/gic-v3: Fix refcount leak in gic_populate_ppi_partitions of_find_node_by_phandle() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not need anymore. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
February 26, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-49715
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/gic-v3: Fix refcount leak in gic_populate_ppi_partitions of_find_node_by_phandle() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not need anymore. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/506a88a5bf261d76a5214c0338a320f2214c67ac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d884c08eeb83142a7173cb46bcff0434ec42cf1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c136c2924a59a399aa789858cfb320d481964fb7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc5984cf270b69d03f9f4b27063e535036c659e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e824482e2c5edacc961b7dd30a92fd47606c3036
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa1ad9d4cc47ca2470cd904ad4519f05d7e43a2b
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49715.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49715