CVE-2022-50249 — 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 96.24%
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: memory: of: Fix refcount leak bug in of_get_ddr_timings() We should add the of_node_put() when breaking out of for_each_child_of_node() as it will automatically increase and decrease the refcount.

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_kernel3.7 — 4.9.331+7
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.158-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxe6b42eb6a66c188642aeb447312938c6f6ebee86 — a4d0bd4388e1a39df47e8aaa044ef6a7ee626e48+9
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.0.3-1 (bookworm)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2022-50249: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memory: of: Fix refcount leak bug in of_get_ddr_timings() We should add the of_nod↗2025-09-15
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GHSA
GHSA-hvjq-6cc4-mmg6: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memory: of: Fix refcount leak bug in of_get_ddr_timings() We should add the of_n↗2025-09-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: memory: of: Fix refcount leak bug in of_get_ddr_timings()↗2025-09-15
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Debian
CVE-2022-50249: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memory: of:...↗2022
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CVE-2022-50249 — Linux vulnerability | cvebase