CVE-2022-49161 ASoC: mediatek: Fix error handling in mt8183_da7219_max98357_dev_probe

What is CVE-2022-49161?

CVE-2022-49161 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. 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:

ASoC: mediatek: Fix error handling in mt8183_da7219_max98357_dev_probe

The device_node pointer is returned by of_parse_phandle() with refcount incremented. We should use of_node_put() on it when done.

This function only calls of_node_put() in the regular path. And it will cause refcount leak in error paths. Fix this by calling of_node_put() in error handling too.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49161?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49161?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-49161 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49161 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-2022-49161, GHSA-jxg8-rc3f-gh94, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-49161, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-49161, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49161.