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Publication date: 2025-10-01

Last updated on: 2025-10-02

Assigner: kernel.org

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mt76: mt7915: Fix PCI device refcount leak in mt7915_pci_init_hif2() As comment of pci_get_device() says, it returns a pci_device with its refcount increased. We need to call pci_dev_put() to decrease the refcount. Save the return value of pci_get_device() and call pci_dev_put() to decrease the refcount.

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Published

2025-10-01

Last Modified

2025-10-02

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-10-01

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2022-50464

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
linux	linux_kernel	From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc)

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Exploitability

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CWE ID	Description
CWE-UNKNOWN

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a reference count leak in the Linux kernel's mt76 driver for the mt7915 PCI device. Specifically, the function mt7915_pci_init_hif2() calls pci_get_device(), which increases the device's reference count, but fails to call pci_dev_put() to decrease it, leading to a refcount leak.

Impact Analysis

The reference count leak can lead to resource leaks in the kernel, potentially causing increased memory usage or instability over time as device references are not properly released.

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