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CVE-2022-50203: ARM: OMAP2+: display: Fix refcount leak bug

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-06-18 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ARM: OMAP2+: display: Fix refcount leak bug In omapdss_init_fbdev(), of_find_node_by_name() will return a node pointer with refcount incremented. We should use of_node_put() when it is not used anymore.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 4.14.291; from 4.15 before 4.19.256; from 4.20 before 5.4.211; from 5.5 before 5.10.137; from 5.11 before 5.15.61; from 5.16 before 5.18.18 — fixed in 4.14.291, 4.19.256, 5.10.137, 5.15.61, 5.18.18, 5.19.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.14.291, 4.19.256, 5.10.137, 5.15.61. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b4f96b47ff8dc2fa35d03c4116927248796d9af
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2629d171f3d6451724549d8d10d14ac6da37a7be
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e505298a75f0bbdc96e923e76e5d45d6c8f64a7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/496988a19d5c36fabf97c847db39167e42393c74
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50b87a32a79bca6e275918a711fb8cc55e16d739
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88d556029a78999b098d26a330bb6a7de166f426
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a89a865dc9f0600fd146224e314775b9efc9d845
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdbdf69d5b78c5712c60c0004fa6aed12da36e26

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