CVE-2022-49644: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: fix a possible refcount leak in intel_dp_add_mst_connector() If drm_connector_init fails, intel_connector_free will be called to take care of proper free. So it is necessary to drop the refcount of port before intel_connector_free. (cherry picked from commit cea9ed611e85d36a05db52b6457bf584b7d969e2)

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.15, before 5.4.207 (fixed in 5.4.207); from 5.5, before 5.10.132 (fixed in 5.10.132); from 5.11, before 5.15.56 (fixed in 5.15.56); from 5.16, before 5.18.13 (fixed in 5.18.13); version 5.19 only

Published 2025-02-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.