CVE-2022-50429 — 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 97.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedOct 1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memory: of: Fix refcount leak bug in of_lpddr3_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_kernel5.5 — 5.10.150+3
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.158-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux976897dd96db94c74209d0a0671d7a73aa02fab9 — 1d312c12c91f831fcc48623c921f2d4560edb159+5
▶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-2022-50429: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memory: of: Fix refcount leak bug in of_lpddr3_get_ddr_timings() We should add the↗2025-10-01
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GHSA
GHSA-5xc7-frh7-75gx: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memory: of: Fix refcount leak bug in of_lpddr3_get_ddr_timings() We should add t↗2025-10-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: memory: of: Fix refcount leak bug in of_lpddr3_get_ddr_timings()↗2025-10-01
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Debian
CVE-2022-50429: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memory: of:...↗2022
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