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CVE-2022-50309: media: xilinx: vipp: Fix refcount leak in xvip_graph_dma_init

• 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: 2025-09-15 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: xilinx: vipp: Fix refcount leak in xvip_graph_dma_init of_get_child_by_name() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not need anymore. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 4.1 before 4.9.331; from 4.10 before 4.14.296; from 4.15 before 4.19.262; from 4.20 before 5.4.220; from 5.5 before 5.10.150; from 5.11 before 5.15.75 — fixed in 4.14.296, 4.19.262, 4.9.331, 5.10.150, 5.15.75, 5.19.17

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.14.296, 4.19.262, 4.9.331, 5.10.150. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c78f19c3a0ea312a8178a6bfd8934eb93e9b10a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22b93530bbe6af9dce8e520bb6e978d1bda39d2b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2630cc88327a5557aa0d9cc63be95e3c6e0a55b3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ea7caa9684687cf3adc1467cf4af3653a776192
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3336210948b22c2db43e9df2ea403d251b4d24ab
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c38467c3255c428cdbd3cefaccca4662f302dc9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59b315353252abe7b8fdb8651ca31b8484ce287a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e7b3b1e4e9f739800cd8010b75a9bee8d808cee
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b0efe7534071e0153708886355d80db69525d50

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