5.5

CVE-2022-49715: irqchip/gic-v3: Fix refcount leak in gic_populate_ppi_partitions

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49715DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49715
Published 26-02-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49715 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.28%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 5
RHSA-2023:6583SUSE-SU-2025:01983-1SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1

Timeline

  1. 26-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/gic-v3: Fix refcount leak in gic_populate_ppi_partitions of_find_node_by_phandle() 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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

20%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.28% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu110 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-126.142 | < 5.15.0-48.54
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1085.92 | < 5.15.0-1020.24
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ e3825ba1af3a27d7522c9f5f929f5a13b8b138ae, < e824482e2c5edacc961b7dd30a92fd47606c3036 | ≥ e3825ba1af3a27d7522c9f5f929f5a13b8b138ae, < 8d884c08eeb83142a7173cb46bcff0434ec42cf1 | ≥ e3825ba1af3a27d7522c9f5f929f5a13b8b138ae, < 506a88a5bf261d76a5214c0338a320f2214c67ac | ≥ e3825ba1af3a27d7522c9f5f929f5a13b8b138ae, < cc5984cf270b69d03f9f4b27063e535036c659e9 | ≥ e3825ba1af3a27d7522c9f5f929f5a13b8b138ae, < c136c2924a59a399aa789858cfb320d481964fb7 | ≥ e3825ba1af3a27d7522c9f5f929f5a13b8b138ae, < fa1ad9d4cc47ca2470cd904ad4519f05d7e43a2b | 4.7
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.7, < 4.19.249 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.200 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.124 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.49 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.18.6 | 5.19:rc1 | 5.19:rc2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.18.14-1

3 vendors · 113 products

References

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