CVE-2022-50104
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/xive: Fix refcount leak in xive_get_max_prio of_find_node_by_path() 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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/255b650cbec6849443ce2e0cdd187fd5e61c218c ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/255b650cbec6849443ce2e0cdd187fd5e61c218cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e18b869a8d574cfe9ee64df9c3d0a7ac7ed07a8Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ed9709d262bf026b2ff64979fbfe0f496287588Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d1e53f7f181a11a8a343def1e0d0209905b7c64Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79b8eae24b7ee157bda07695d802be8576983fa8Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d99733ad47a6c990b52e136608455643bfa708f2Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea494e8a9852abd0ba60f69b254ce0d7c38449e2Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f658d5b528ce97a68efbb64ee54f6fe0909b189aPatch