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CVE-2022-50188drm/meson: Fix refcount leak in meson_encoder_hdmi_init
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.24%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 84% 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: drm/meson: Fix refcount leak in meson_encoder_hdmi_init of_find_device_by_node() takes reference, we should use put_device() to release it when not need anymore. Add missing put_device() in error path to avoid refcount leak.
Timeline
ID reserved
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)
- 0.24% · top 84% of all CVEs (13 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 e098989a9219f4456047f9b0e8c44f03e29a843e – < 50446ac34545580d073ff0dd154b796726772668
- affected 0af5e0b41110e2da872030395231ab19c45be931 – < 79b15eb0aa059b3a5bc60364ce82eb2cefac80db
- affected 0af5e0b41110e2da872030395231ab19c45be931 – < bfcca6234b2a36d213f0cc1c127becc17680f7df
- affected 0af5e0b41110e2da872030395231ab19c45be931 – < 7381076809586528e2a812a709e2758916318a99
- affected 5.17
- unaffected < 5.17
- unaffected 5.18.18 – ≤ 5.18.*
- unaffected 5.19.2 – ≤ 5.19.*
- unaffected 6.0 – ≤ *
References
References4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50446ac34545580d073ff0dd154b796726772668 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79b15eb0aa059b3a5bc60364ce82eb2cefac80db (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfcca6234b2a36d213f0cc1c127becc17680f7df (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7381076809586528e2a812a709e2758916318a99 (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-2022-55452 (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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