CVE-2022-50887: regulator: core: fix unbalanced of node refcount in regulator_dev_lookup()

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AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50887DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50887
Published 30-12-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50887 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Insufficient evidence

No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
0.24%
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 5 · Related 5
SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1SUSE-SU-2026:0473-1SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1

Timeline

  1. 30-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: regulator: core: fix unbalanced of node refcount in regulator_dev_lookup() I got the the following report: OF: ERROR: memory leak, expected refcount 1 instead of 2, of_node_get()/of_node_put() unbalanced - destroy cset entry: attach overlay node /i2c/pmic@62/regulators/exten In of_get_regulator(), the node is returned from of_parse_phandle() with refcount incremented, after using it, of_node_put() need be called.

CVSS metrics

Risk metrics not yet published.

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

15%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.24% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

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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: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu121 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-208.220 | < 5.4.0-144.161 | < 5.15.0-69.76
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-1153.166 | < 5.4.0-1097.105 | < 5.15.0-1033.37
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.4-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 69511a452e6dc6b74fe4f3671a51b1b44b9c57e3, < 0e88505ac0a6ae97746bcdbd4b042ee9f20455ae | ≥ 69511a452e6dc6b74fe4f3671a51b1b44b9c57e3, < 4dfcf5087db9a34a300d6b99009232d4537c3e6a | ≥ 69511a452e6dc6b74fe4f3671a51b1b44b9c57e3, < 3ac888db0f67813d91373a9a61c840f815cd4ec9 | ≥ 69511a452e6dc6b74fe4f3671a51b1b44b9c57e3, < d39937f8de641c44a337cec4a2e5d3e8add20a7d | ≥ 69511a452e6dc6b74fe4f3671a51b1b44b9c57e3, < f48c474efe05cf9ce5e535b5e0ddd710e963936c | ≥ 69511a452e6dc6b74fe4f3671a51b1b44b9c57e3, < cda1895f3b7f324ece1614308a815a3994983b97 | ≥ 69511a452e6dc6b74fe4f3671a51b1b44b9c57e3, < 2b93c58adddd98812ad928bbc2063038f3df1ffd | ≥ 69511a452e6dc6b74fe4f3671a51b1b44b9c57e3, < 2f98469c3141f8e42ba11075a273fb795bbad57f | ≥ 69511a452e6dc6b74fe4f3671a51b1b44b9c57e3, < f2b41b748c19962b82709d9f23c6b2b0ce9d2f91 | 3.3

3 vendors · 123 products

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