5.5

CVE-2022-49752: device property: fix of node refcount leak in fwnode_graph_get_next_endpoint()

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49752DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49752
Published 27-03-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49752 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.5% 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
0.21%
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 2
RHSA-2023:6583RHSA-2023:7077

Timeline

  1. 27-03-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: device property: fix of node refcount leak in fwnode_graph_get_next_endpoint() The 'parent' returned by fwnode_graph_get_port_parent() with refcount incremented when 'prev' is not NULL, it needs be put when finish using it. Because the parent is const, introduce a new variable to store the returned fwnode, then put it before returning from fwnode_graph_get_next_endpoint().

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.20% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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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.

Ubuntu96 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-70.77
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1034.38
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 91b31ca76300fd36d5049c5879e68dfb3edc7a5c, < e0472947bead3af94cc968ce35fc0414803a2f65 | ≥ b5b41ab6b0c1bb70fe37a0d193006c969e3b5909, < 7701a4bd45c11f9a289d8f262fad05705a012339 | ≥ b5b41ab6b0c1bb70fe37a0d193006c969e3b5909, < e75485fc589ec729cc182aa9b41dfb6c15ae6f6e | ≥ b5b41ab6b0c1bb70fe37a0d193006c969e3b5909, < 39af728649b05e88a2b40e714feeee6451c3f18e | 5.15
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.15, < 5.15.91 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.9 | 6.2:rc1 | 6.2:rc2 | 6.2:rc3 | 6.2:rc4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.11-1

3 vendors · 99 products

References

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