CVE-2022-50109 video: fbdev: amba-clcd: Fix refcount leak bugs
A refcount leak in the Linux kernel's AMBA CLCD driver can lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-50109?
CVE-2022-50109 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 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:
video: fbdev: amba-clcd: Fix refcount leak bugs
In clcdfb_of_init_display(), we should call of_node_put() for the references returned by of_graph_get_next_endpoint() and of_graph_get_remote_port_parent() which have increased the refcount.
Besides, we should call of_node_put() both in fail path or when the references are not used anymore.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50109?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-50109?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2022-50109 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50109 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50109, GHSA-9chq-jm55-398j, OESA-2025-1666, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50109.