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CVE-2022-49113
powerpc/secvar: fix refcount leak in format_show()
Medium5.5EPSS 0.26%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/secvar: fix refcount leak in format_show() Refcount leak will happen when format_show returns failure in multiple cases. Unified management of of_node_put can fix this problem.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 15 months later
· 15 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.26% · top 82% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- CWE-noinfo Not enough information
Affected products
- affected bd5d9c743d38f67d64ea1b512a461f6b5a5f6bec – < 02222bf4f0a27f6eba66d1f597cdb5daadd51829
- affected bd5d9c743d38f67d64ea1b512a461f6b5a5f6bec – < 2a71e3ecd829a82013cf095c55068c61d991e885
- affected bd5d9c743d38f67d64ea1b512a461f6b5a5f6bec – < c105ffb6b9744158e37e9f81f0f38861951d1c1f
- affected bd5d9c743d38f67d64ea1b512a461f6b5a5f6bec – < d05e4265d33af60b39606c20c731e3e719bfe3d6
- affected bd5d9c743d38f67d64ea1b512a461f6b5a5f6bec – < d601fd24e6964967f115f036a840f4f28488f63f
- affected 5.5
- unaffected < 5.5
- unaffected 5.10.111 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.34 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 5.16.20 – ≤ 5.16.*
- unaffected 5.17.3 – ≤ 5.17.*
- unaffected 5.18 – ≤ *
References (5)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02222bf4f0a27f6eba66d1f597cdb5daadd51829 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a71e3ecd829a82013cf095c55068c61d991e885 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c105ffb6b9744158e37e9f81f0f38861951d1c1f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d05e4265d33af60b39606c20c731e3e719bfe3d6 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d601fd24e6964967f115f036a840f4f28488f63f (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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