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CVE-2022-50458: clk: tegra: Fix refcount leak in tegra210_clock_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: 2025-10-01 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: tegra: Fix refcount leak in tegra210_clock_init of_find_matching_node() 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 4.5 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/1a6d97139b0a370a9d0809a00e91c41f5bcd3ef1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/417ed4432b1b40526b1cb50e535d46900505f6d9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56c78cb1f00a9dde8cd762131ce8f4c5eb046fbb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d3ac23b952f374017e1a5249d1f03bdbc7f9878
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a19360db83d29bd6b0de4ffad2c815d79246ba99
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac010ec3484ba95c6ab3d946f9a83560005c13c6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e715510adc20a4a07f157ece4e6d068e648a0383
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f38f34ba1e1029b927b81b9bf9d952f4ed4007bd
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f487137a53b1a0692211f7ae82c0a7f87c30bdbe

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