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CVE-2022-50823: clk: tegra: Fix refcount leak in tegra114_clock_init

• Severity: unknown
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-12-30 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: tegra: Fix refcount leak in tegra114_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: 3.10 — fixed in 6.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f0e1cbbaffd729560716e9592aa5e609ea93bb6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5984b1d66126b024ee77482602ac6e51b53f4116
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cc87a9c142ae0e276a3ff9ce50f78a1668da36f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e1fe30253930c6a67385c19802c5ab8706a76d9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7d3fb5814c73d7d49913e4294f8f508a3038bb4
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c01bfd23cc13a420b3f6a36bcab98410f49d480d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce699dcdac2bfdb6b238f2517ba41d9623b15f46
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db16a80c76ea395766913082b1e3f939dde29b2c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7a57fb92af52c4da69cd947752e8946e5ada50a

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