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CVE-2022-50106powerpc/cell/axon_msi: Fix refcount leak in setup_msi_msg_address
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.20%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 90% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/cell/axon_msi: Fix refcount leak in setup_msi_msg_address of_get_next_parent() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not need anymore. Add missing of_node_put() in the error path to avoid refcount leak.
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By Linux
Published
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.20% · top 90% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected ce21b3c9648ae55181787bf25ee00cf91dfd5c91 – < 6263ec8032c411b8ef6b7f00198cb18c855ee6cb
- affected ce21b3c9648ae55181787bf25ee00cf91dfd5c91 – < 51cf876b11fb6ca06f69e9d1de58f892d1522e9d
- affected ce21b3c9648ae55181787bf25ee00cf91dfd5c91 – < f388643657cd5a04dc47a68d85321876c5b4c208
- affected ce21b3c9648ae55181787bf25ee00cf91dfd5c91 – < 00dc7cbbb558955ff410fd392cc9b0366eb06df0
- affected ce21b3c9648ae55181787bf25ee00cf91dfd5c91 – < 5eaa93caa63abf382b319dbe2f032232026740c2
- affected ce21b3c9648ae55181787bf25ee00cf91dfd5c91 – < 02ed44125d7a7238999750ca126b60f8dd7a88b1
- affected ce21b3c9648ae55181787bf25ee00cf91dfd5c91 – < af41cff4ada533b1cf40de6c468ba164fd32c22d
- affected ce21b3c9648ae55181787bf25ee00cf91dfd5c91 – < df5d4b616ee76abc97e5bd348e22659c2b095b1c
- affected 2.6.23
- unaffected < 2.6.23
- unaffected 4.14.291 – ≤ 4.14.*
- unaffected 4.19.256 – ≤ 4.19.*
- unaffected 5.4.211 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.137 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.61 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 5.18.18 – ≤ 5.18.*
- unaffected 5.19.2 – ≤ 5.19.*
- unaffected 6.0 – ≤ *
References
References8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6263ec8032c411b8ef6b7f00198cb18c855ee6cb (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51cf876b11fb6ca06f69e9d1de58f892d1522e9d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f388643657cd5a04dc47a68d85321876c5b4c208 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00dc7cbbb558955ff410fd392cc9b0366eb06df0 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5eaa93caa63abf382b319dbe2f032232026740c2 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02ed44125d7a7238999750ca126b60f8dd7a88b1 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af41cff4ada533b1cf40de6c468ba164fd32c22d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df5d4b616ee76abc97e5bd348e22659c2b095b1c (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-55372 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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