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CVE-2022-49437
powerpc/xive: Fix refcount leak in xive_spapr_init
Medium5.5EPSS 0.27%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/xive: Fix refcount leak in xive_spapr_init of_find_compatible_node() 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.
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)
- 0.27% · top 81% 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 eac1e731b59ee3b5f5e641a7765c7ed41ed26226 – < 65f11ccdd746e0e7f0b469cc989ba43d4f30ecfe
- affected eac1e731b59ee3b5f5e641a7765c7ed41ed26226 – < 6e806485d851986a2445267608f27cb4ba2ed774
- affected eac1e731b59ee3b5f5e641a7765c7ed41ed26226 – < cc62dde2a5f4ba14016fd9caec76f08d388f4b9c
- affected eac1e731b59ee3b5f5e641a7765c7ed41ed26226 – < 1d1fb9618bdd5a5fbf9a9eb75133da301d33721c
- affected 4.14
- unaffected < 4.14
- unaffected 5.15.46 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 5.17.14 – ≤ 5.17.*
- unaffected 5.18.3 – ≤ 5.18.*
- unaffected 5.19 – ≤ *
References (4)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65f11ccdd746e0e7f0b469cc989ba43d4f30ecfe (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e806485d851986a2445267608f27cb4ba2ed774 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc62dde2a5f4ba14016fd9caec76f08d388f4b9c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d1fb9618bdd5a5fbf9a9eb75133da301d33721c (opens in a new tab)
Sources
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- 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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