5.5

CVE-2022-50480: memory: pl353-smc: Fix refcount leak bug in pl353_smc_probe()

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50480DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50480
Published 04-10-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50480 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.1% 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 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.16%
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 6
SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1SUSE-SU-2025:4135-1SUSE-SU-2025:4139-1SUSE-SU-2025:4149-1SUSE-SU-2025:4188-1SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1

Timeline

  1. 04-10-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memory: pl353-smc: Fix refcount leak bug in pl353_smc_probe() The break of for_each_available_child_of_node() needs a corresponding of_node_put() when the reference 'child' is not used anymore. Here we do not need to call of_node_put() in fail path as '!match' means no break. While the of_platform_device_create() will created a new reference by 'child' but it has considered the refcounting.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

5%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.16% 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.

Ubuntu115 products
  • linux< 5.4.0-139.156 | < 5.15.0-60.66
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.4.0-1096.104 | < 5.15.0-1030.34
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ fee10bd2267868f2a3e7ba008ef7665aac5e4412, < b37f4a711e5d4bf3608ccbc6de82b52e92b441a0 | ≥ fee10bd2267868f2a3e7ba008ef7665aac5e4412, < fde46754d5483bc398018bbec3c8ef5c55219e67 | ≥ fee10bd2267868f2a3e7ba008ef7665aac5e4412, < 566b143aa5112a0c2784e20603778518bb799537 | ≥ fee10bd2267868f2a3e7ba008ef7665aac5e4412, < 44db35ceb94756ba513dcf6b69bf9e949b28469c | ≥ fee10bd2267868f2a3e7ba008ef7665aac5e4412, < 49605dc25e7fb33bf8b671279d4468531da90f89 | ≥ fee10bd2267868f2a3e7ba008ef7665aac5e4412, < 61b3c876c1cbdb1efd1f52a1f348580e6e14efb6 | 5.0
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.0, < 5.4.220 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.150 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.75 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.19.17 | ≥ 6.0, < 6.0.3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.0.3-1

3 vendors · 118 products

References

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