CVE-2022-49438 (GCVE-0-2022-49438)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-02-26 02:12
Modified
2026-05-11 18:59
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: sparcspkr - fix refcount leak in bbc_beep_probe of_find_node_by_path() calls of_find_node_opts_by_path(), which returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when done. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.
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Linux Linux Version: 9c1a5077fdca99356c891af37931e537dea874f5
Version: 9c1a5077fdca99356c891af37931e537dea874f5
Version: 9c1a5077fdca99356c891af37931e537dea874f5
Version: 9c1a5077fdca99356c891af37931e537dea874f5
Version: 9c1a5077fdca99356c891af37931e537dea874f5
Version: 9c1a5077fdca99356c891af37931e537dea874f5
Version: 9c1a5077fdca99356c891af37931e537dea874f5
Version: 9c1a5077fdca99356c891af37931e537dea874f5
Version: 9c1a5077fdca99356c891af37931e537dea874f5
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