CVE-2022-50188
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drm/meson: Fix refcount leak in meson_encoder_hdmi_init
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/meson: Fix refcount leak in meson_encoder_hdmi_init of_find_device_by_node() takes reference, we should use put_device() to release it when not need anymore. Add missing put_device() in error path to avoid refcount leak.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
June 18, 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-2022-50188
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/meson: Fix refcount leak in meson_encoder_hdmi_init of_find_device_by_node() takes reference, we should use put_device() to release it when not need anymore. Add missing put_device() in error path 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/50446ac34545580d073ff0dd154b796726772668
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7381076809586528e2a812a709e2758916318a99
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79b15eb0aa059b3a5bc60364ce82eb2cefac80db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfcca6234b2a36d213f0cc1c127becc17680f7df
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50188.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50188