CVE-2022-50188

drm/meson: Fix refcount leak in meson_encoder_hdmi_init

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS Score

Published: June 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:22 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

MEDIUM5.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/meson: Fix refcount leak in meson_encoder_hdmi_init of_find_device_by_node() takes reference, we should use put_device() to release it when not need anymore. Add missing put_device() in error path to avoid refcount leak.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

5.17 ≤ v < 5.18.185.17 ≤ v < 5.19.25.17 ≤ v < 6.05.19 ≤ v < 5.19.20af5e0b41110e2da872030395231ab19c45be9315.17e098989a9219f4456047f9b0e8c44f03e29a843e

Vendor states this is fixed in 50446ac34545580d073ff0dd154b796726772668 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 7381076809586528e2a812a709e2758916318a99 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 79b15eb0aa059b3a5bc60364ce82eb2cefac80db (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in bfcca6234b2a36d213f0cc1c127becc17680f7df (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.17 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.18.18 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.19.2 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0 (unaffected)