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CVE-2022-49117: mips: ralink: fix a refcount leak in ill_acc_of_setup()

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-02-26 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mips: ralink: fix a refcount leak in ill_acc_of_setup() of_node_put(np) needs to be called when pdev == NULL.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 5.4.189; from 5.5 before 5.10.111; from 5.11 before 5.15.34; from 5.16 before 5.16.20; from 5.17 before 5.17.3 — fixed in 5.10.111, 5.15.34, 5.16.20, 5.17.3, 5.4.189

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.111, 5.15.34, 5.16.20, 5.17.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/060a485df4ec1183d543317511cb4caa43468b5d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/142ae7d4f21524acfe073e5a3da5667aa85eb970
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a0a1436053b17e50b7c88858fb0824326641793
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fb47ca3490813d3884d8ad0b2ce511aa3537551
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d7f7ef7980f287ace1c15f2ac03d6754e12f071
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c74c755daed551b9aceb8388159180861474bdfe

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