CVE-2022-49437

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Published 2025-11-11 · Modified 2025-11-19

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.5

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/xive: Fix refcount leak in xive_spapr_init of_find_compatible_node() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when done. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`5.18.5-1`
sid	Fixed	`5.18.5-1`
forky	Fixed	`5.18.5-1`
bullseye	Affected	—
bookworm	Fixed	`5.18.5-1`

AlmaLinux Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	`kernel-headers-5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm`

Red Hat Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	—

Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	—

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.