CVE-2022-49011 hwmon: (coretemp) fix pci device refcount leak in nv1a_ram_new()

What is CVE-2022-49011?

CVE-2022-49011 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:

hwmon: (coretemp) fix pci device refcount leak in nv1a_ram_new()

As comment of pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() says, it returns a pci device with refcount increment, when finish using it, the caller must decrement the reference count by calling pci_dev_put(). So call it after using to avoid refcount leak.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49011?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49011?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-49011 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49011 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-2022-49011, GHSA-84x4-gjv7-hm5j, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49011.