CVE-2022-49447

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ARM: hisi: Add missing ofnodeput after offindcompatiblenode offindcompatiblenode will increment the refcount of the returned devicenode. Calling ofnodeput to avoid the refcount leak...

CVE-2022-49447

CVE-2022-49447 concerns the Linux kernel on ARM/HiSilicon where of_find_compatible_node increments the device_node refcount but no corresponding of_node_put was invoked, causing a refcount leak. The fix removes the leak by adding of_node_put after of_find_compatible_node. Affected software is the...