CVE-2022-50825 (GCVE-0-2022-50825)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-30 12:08 – Updated: 2025-12-30 12:08
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Title
usb: typec: wusb3801: fix fwnode refcount leak in wusb3801_probe()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: wusb3801: fix fwnode refcount leak in wusb3801_probe() I got the following report while doing fault injection test: OF: ERROR: memory leak, expected refcount 1 instead of 4, of_node_get()/of_node_put() unbalanced - destroy cset entry: attach overlay node /i2c/tcpc@60/connector If wusb3801_hw_init() fails, fwnode_handle_put() needs be called to avoid refcount leak.
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Linux Linux Affected: d016cbe4d7acf5100df83ecf4d02db4e9f607c1d , < de1e2eb7f102e3073714396414592a39efb66b3e (git)
Affected: d016cbe4d7acf5100df83ecf4d02db4e9f607c1d , < 82d1211f673bbdc822eaf1dbcbf1f2ae06556964 (git)
Affected: d016cbe4d7acf5100df83ecf4d02db4e9f607c1d , < dc18a4c7b3bd447cef2395deeb1f6ac16dfaca0e (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 5.18
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.18 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.0.16 , ≤ 6.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.2 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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