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CVE-2022-49679: ARM: Fix refcount leak in axxia_boot_secondary

• 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: ARM: Fix refcount leak in axxia_boot_secondary of_find_compatible_node() 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.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 3.16 before 4.9.321; from 4.10 before 4.14.286; from 4.15 before 4.19.250; from 4.20 before 5.4.202; from 5.5 before 5.10.127; from 5.11 before 5.15.51 — fixed in 4.14.286, 4.19.250, 4.9.321, 5.10.127, 5.15.51, 5.18.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.14.286, 4.19.250, 4.9.321, 5.10.127. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29ca9c4efacccdc15104a8d4bf10b5183fc92840
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c19fe3f04f4f4e7a2b722c2fd3c98356fc1d72b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44a5b3a073e5aaa5720929dba95b2725eb32bb65
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d9c60e868f7cf8e09956e7d5bb44d807d712699
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71e12e5b02674459a24f16e965255d63b31fe049
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c7ff68daa93d8c4cdea482da4f2429c0398fcde
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9b76c232a1ce4cbf27862097f7eb634dcc779eb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b385cb59aac8d61c29bc72ebf3d19a536914af96

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