What is CVE-2022-49714?

CVE-2022-49714 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-02-26.

How severe is CVE-2022-49714?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-49714

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/realtek-rtl: Fix refcount leak in map_interrupts of_find_node_by_phandle() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not need anymore. This function doesn't call of_node_put() in error path. Call of_node_put() directly after of_property_read_u32() to cover both normal path and error path.

EPSS: 0.003 (17.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 9f3a0f34b84ad1b9a8f2bdae44b66f16685b2143, 5.12, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 5.19

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-49714?: CVE-2022-49714 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-02-26.
How severe is CVE-2022-49714?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.