CVE-2022-50158: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: partitions: Fix refcount leak in parse_redboot_of of_get_child_by_name() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not need anymore. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.4.132, before 5.4.211 (fixed in 5.4.211); from 5.10.50, before 5.10.137 (fixed in 5.10.137); from 5.12.17, before 5.13 (fixed in 5.13); from 5.13.2, before 5.15.61 (fixed in 5.15.61); from 5.16, before 5.18.18 (fixed in 5.18.18); from 5.19, before 5.19.2 (fixed in 5.19.2)

Published 2025-06-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.