CVE-2022-50834: Linux

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfc: Fix potential resource leaks nfc_get_device() take reference for the device, add missing nfc_put_device() to release it when not need anymore. Also fix the style warnning by use error EOPNOTSUPP instead of ENOTSUPP.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 3.13, before 4.14.303 (fixed in 4.14.303); from 4.15, before 4.19.270 (fixed in 4.19.270); from 4.20, before 5.4.229 (fixed in 5.4.229); from 5.5, before 5.10.163 (fixed in 5.10.163); from 5.11, before 5.15.87 (fixed in 5.15.87); from 5.16, before 6.0.19 (fixed in 6.0.19); …

Published 2025-12-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.