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CVE-2022-49486: ASoC: fsl: Fix refcount leak in imx_sgtl5000_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: fsl: Fix refcount leak in imx_sgtl5000_probe of_find_i2c_device_by_node() takes a reference, In error paths, we should call put_device() to drop the reference to aviod refount leak.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 3.5 before 5.4.198; from 5.5 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, 5.4.198

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/41cd312dfe980af869c3503b4d38e62ed20dd3b7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bfbbfdb3d761323127a67d7d765abe2f77d7b21
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f75e9f629ef54a0845b43889d8ab9dd6e280dd5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/922bccdb1796a9e7b989f2bc6d9ada7b499a4329
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96fc3da6184af5687e153d420cd7dcdeefdd2f9a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e84aaf23ca82753d765bf84d05295d9d9c5fed29

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