CVE-2022-50160

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: maps: Fix refcount leak in apflashinit offindmatchingnode returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use ofnodeput on it when not need anymore. Add missing ofnodeput to avoid refcount leak...

CVE-2022-50160

CVE-2022-50160 affects the Linux kernel mtd maps code. The root cause is a refcount leak from of_find_matching_node(): the returned node pointer’s refcount isn’t decremented when no longer needed. The fixed code adds a of_node_put() to avoid the leak, and related patches are documented in kernel ...