CVE-2022-50161 mtd: maps: Fix refcount leak in of_flash_probe_versatile

What is CVE-2022-50161?

CVE-2022-50161 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:

mtd: maps: Fix refcount leak in of_flash_probe_versatile

of_find_matching_node_and_match() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not need anymore. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50161?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-50161?

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-2022-50161 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50161 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-2022-50161, GHSA-mm99-4777-34v7, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50161.