CVE-2022-48965 gpio/rockchip: fix refcount leak in rockchip_gpiolib_register()

What is CVE-2022-48965?

CVE-2022-48965 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

gpio/rockchip: fix refcount leak in rockchip_gpiolib_register()

The node returned by of_get_parent() with refcount incremented, of_node_put() needs be called when finish using it. So add it in the end of of_pinctrl_get().

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48965?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-48965?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-48965 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48965 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48965, GHSA-rwfh-mmmq-96x7, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48965.