CVE-2022-50246 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.77%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 15

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: tcpci: fix of node refcount leak in tcpci_register_port() I got the following report while doing device(mt6370-tcpc) load test with CONFIG_OF_UNITTEST and CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC enabled: OF: ERROR: memory leak, expected refcount 1 instead of 2, of_node_get()/of_node_put() unbalanced - destroy cset entry: attach overlay node /i2c/pmic@34/tcpc/connector The 'fwnode' set in tcpci_parse_config() which is called in tcpci_r…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.19 — 5.4.229+4
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.178-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux5e85a04c8c0d271d7561a770b85741f186398868 — 4f257e2eba419ab4cd880c822346450e4e7b2af3+6
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.4-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2022-50246: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: tcpci: fix of node refcount leak in tcpci_register_port() I got the fo↗2025-09-15
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GHSA
GHSA-48rc-gf37-67xr: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: tcpci: fix of node refcount leak in tcpci_register_port() I got the↗2025-09-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: usb: typec: tcpci: fix of node refcount leak in tcpci_register_port()↗2025-09-15
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Debian
CVE-2022-50246: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec:...↗2022
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