CVE-2022-49656: 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: ARM: meson: Fix refcount leak in meson_smp_prepare_cpus of_find_compatible_node() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when done. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.15, before 4.19.252 (fixed in 4.19.252); from 4.20, before 5.4.205 (fixed in 5.4.205); from 5.5, before 5.10.130 (fixed in 5.10.130); from 5.11, before 5.15.54 (fixed in 5.15.54); from 5.16, before 5.18.11 (fixed in 5.18.11); version 5.19 only

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