ghsa-2c4x-c2pm-jgmw
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Published
2025-06-18 12:30
Modified
2025-06-18 12:30
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mtd: partitions: Fix refcount leak in parse_redboot_of

of_get_child_by_name() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not need anymore. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-50158"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-06-18T11:15:45Z",
    "severity": null
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmtd: partitions: Fix refcount leak in parse_redboot_of\n\nof_get_child_by_name() returns a node pointer with refcount\nincremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not need anymore.\nAdd missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.",
  "id": "GHSA-2c4x-c2pm-jgmw",
  "modified": "2025-06-18T12:30:52Z",
  "published": "2025-06-18T12:30:51Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50158"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ec48ac18d8f9e002ce9bfbad32741086739e499"
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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