PT-2025-26114 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Published 2022-08-17 · Updated 2025-11-19 · CVE-2022-50188

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base 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 issue has been identified in the Linux kernel, specifically in the drm/meson component, related to the meson encoder hdmi init function. The of find device by node() function takes a reference, which should be released using put device() when no longer needed to prevent a refcount leak. The issue has been resolved by adding a missing put device() call in the error path.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-911

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-01558

CVE-2022-50188

SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02321-1

SUSE-SU-2025:2264-1

SUSE-SU-2025_02264-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linux Kernel

Suse

References · 581

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50188.json · Exploit
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7381076809586528e2a812a709e2758916318a99 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79b15eb0aa059b3a5bc60364ce82eb2cefac80db · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50188 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50188 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50446ac34545580d073ff0dd154b796726772668 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfcca6234b2a36d213f0cc1c127becc17680f7df · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-01558 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50188 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50188 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50188 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50188 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02321-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50188 · Vendor Advisory