CVE-2022-49716

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/gic-v3: Fix error handling in gic_populate_ppi_partitions of_get_child_by_name() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not need anymore. When kcalloc fails, it missing of_node_put() and results in refcount leak. Fix this by goto out_put_node label.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2025-02-26

Last modified

2026-05-11

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b325d993995a321f6ab4e6c51f0504ec092bf5b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58e67c81e229351027d28c610638378606e33a08
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c9dd9d23f26dabcfb14148b9acdfba540418b19
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c83c34c57798fc41faefcf078be78683db2f4beb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec8401a429ffee34ccf38cebf3443f8d5ae6cb0d