CVE-2022-50119 rpmsg: Fix possible refcount leak in rpmsg_register_device_override()

What is CVE-2022-50119?

CVE-2022-50119 is a medium-severity 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:

rpmsg: Fix possible refcount leak in rpmsg_register_device_override()

rpmsg_register_device_override need to call put_device to free vch when driver_set_override fails.

Fix this by adding a put_device() to the error path.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50119?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-50119?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-50119 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50119 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-2022-50119, GHSA-gcg7-5fjh-vh6m, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50119.