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CVE-2022-50392: ASoC: mediatek: mt8183: fix refcount leak in mt8183_mt6358_ts3a227_max98357_dev_probe()

• 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: 2025-09-18 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: mediatek: mt8183: fix refcount leak in mt8183_mt6358_ts3a227_max98357_dev_probe() The node returned by of_parse_phandle() with refcount incremented, of_node_put() needs be called when finish using it. So add it in the error path in mt8183_mt6358_ts3a227_max98357_dev_probe().

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 5.2 before 5.15.86; from 5.16 before 6.0.16; from 6.1 before 6.1.2 — fixed in 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/156b0c19c1a44153e34cfdfa5937546a93dcb288
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38eef3be38ab895959c442702864212cc3beb96c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/574bd4d14a9297a1c69ad41001caf00fdd17d305
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82f7c814edda353b4781f356d3ab90e943d5eac4

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