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CVE-2022-49473: ASoC: ti: j721e-evm: Fix refcount leak in j721e_soc_probe_*

• 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: ASoC: ti: j721e-evm: Fix refcount leak in j721e_soc_probe_* of_parse_phandle() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not needed anymore. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 5.9 before 5.10.121; from 5.11 before 5.15.46; from 5.16 before 5.17.14; from 5.18 before 5.18.3 — fixed in 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a3966b950b37a6f10c5f9caee15b4cdcf5a7413
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/510e879420b410d88c612aecc6ca15dc6fe77473
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/554df0f70bff1ace6d2df2fcaddbc9b7bd509de2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a34840c4eb3278a7c29c9c57a65ce7541c66f9f2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d748ff8fbb3a5296bddd586445dc692b079cbe3d

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