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CVE-2022-50191

Medium 5.5

Published
Last modified
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: regulator: of: Fix refcount leak bug in of_get_regulation_constraints() We should call the of_node_put() for the reference returned by of_get_child_by_name() which has increased the refcount.

Affected products

linux: linux kernel

References8

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUM Score source: NVD CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS — exploit probability
0% percentile: 17 · as of 7 November 2026

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