CVE-2022-50191

high

Published 2023-11-07 · Modified 2023-11-07

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

8.0

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: regulator: of: Fix refcount leak bug in of_get_regulation_constraints() We should call the of_node_put() for the reference returned by of_get_child_by_name() which has increased the refcount.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50191

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50191.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: redhat — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6583

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
rhel	9	fixed
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`6.0.2-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`5.10.140-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`6.0.2-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`6.0.2-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`6.0.2-1`

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.