CVE-2022-50539: ARM: OMAP2+: omap4-common: 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: 2025-10-07 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ARM: OMAP2+: omap4-common: Fix refcount leak bug In omap4_sram_init(), of_find_compatible_node() will return a node pointer with refcount incremented. We should use of_node_put() when it is not used anymore.

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 3.18 before 6.1.16; from 6.2 before 6.2.3 — fixed in 6.1.16, 6.2.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.1.16, 6.2.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/049875b76660bbdc4873a915afb294f954eb7320
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d9452ae3bdb830f9309cf10a2f65977999cb14e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c32919a378782c95c72bc028b5c30dfe8c11f82

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