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CVE-2023-22996

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• 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: 2023-02-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-772

Description

In the Linux kernel before 5.17.2, drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_aoss.c does not release an of_find_device_by_node reference after use, e.g., with put_device.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 5.17.2 — fixed in 5.17.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.17.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17.2
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4b41a9d0fe3db5f91078a380f62f0572c3ecf2dd
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17.2
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4b41a9d0fe3db5f91078a380f62f0572c3ecf2dd

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