PT-2025-25959 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3
Published
2022-06-17
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Updated
2025-11-13
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CVE-2022-50033
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A refcount leak bug has been identified in the Linux kernel, specifically in the ohci-ppc-of module. The issue arises in the ohci hcd ppc of probe() function, where of find compatible node() returns a node pointer with an incremented refcount. To properly handle this, of node put() should be used when the node is no longer in use.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Astra Linux
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Suse