PT-2025-8413 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Published 2025-02-26 · Updated 2025-04-14 · CVE-2022-49480

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 ASoC: imx-hdmi module. The problem arises when of find device by node() takes a reference, but put device() is not used to release it, leading to a refcount leak when devm kzalloc() fails. This issue has been resolved by adding a missing put device() call.

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

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-49480

SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1

SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1

SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1

SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1

SUSE-SU-2025_1027-1

SUSE-SU-2025_1241-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linux Kernel

Suse

References · 1328

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49480.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49480 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81b7edaabd44ba133006ad72056914eb36828d60 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49480 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-49480 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf760e494ee5fa6bc2dc222f0098c741ad460801 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49480 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49480 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49480 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49480 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed46731d8e86c8d65f5fc717671e1f1f6c3146d2 · Patch