CVE-2022-49887
Moderate
media: meson: vdec: fix possible refcount leak in vdec_probe()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: meson: vdec: fix possible refcount leak in vdec_probe() v4l2_device_unregister need to be called to put the refcount got by v4l2_device_register when vdec_probe fails or vdec_remove is called.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
May 1, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
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04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-49887
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: meson: vdec: fix possible refcount leak in vdec_probe() v4l2_device_unregister need to be called to put the refcount got by v4l2_device_register when vdec_probe fails or vdec_remove is called.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0457e7b12ece1a7e41fa0ae8b7e47c0a72a83bef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70119756311a0be3b95bec2e1ba714673e90feba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7718999356234d9cc6a11b4641bb773928f1390f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be6e22f54623d8a856a4f167b25be73c2ff1ff80
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f96ad391d054bd5c36994f98afd6a12cbb5600bf
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49887.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49887