PT-2025-53941 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-30 · Updated 2026-02-24 · CVE-2022-50823

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A reference count leak exists in the tegra114 clock init function within the clock subsystem of the Linux kernel. The of find matching node() function increments the reference count of the returned node pointer, and a missing call to of node put() prevents decrementing this count when the node is no longer needed, leading to a memory leak.

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

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-50823

RHSA-2023:6583

SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0350-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0369-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1

SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 987

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50823.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50823 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50823 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0369-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50823 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50823 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50823 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0350-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50823 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50823 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255996 · Note