CVE-2022-50392
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Publication date: 2025-09-18
Last updated on: 2025-12-12
Assigner: kernel.org
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
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| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.2 (inc) to 5.15.86 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.16 (inc) to 6.0.16 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.1 (inc) to 6.1.2 (exc) |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a reference count leak in the Linux kernel's ASoC mediatek mt8183 driver. Specifically, in the function mt8183_mt6358_ts3a227_max98357_dev_probe(), a node returned by of_parse_phandle() has its reference count incremented but is not properly decremented with of_node_put() in the error path, leading to a resource leak.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The reference count leak can lead to resource leaks in the kernel, potentially causing increased memory usage or instability in the affected system components. Over time, this could degrade system performance or cause unexpected behavior in the audio subsystem related to the mediatek mt8183 platform.