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CVE-2022-49716

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2025-02-26 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References