CVE-2022-50505

high
Published 2023-11-07 · Modified 2023-11-07
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/amd: Fix pci device refcount leak in ppr_notifier() As comment of pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() says, it returns a pci device with refcount increment, when finish using it, the caller must decrement the reference count by calling pci_dev_put(). So call it before returning from ppr_notifier() to avoid refcount leak.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50505

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50505.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

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

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
redhat rhel9fixed
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed6.1.4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.10.178-1
debian debianforkyfixed6.1.4-1
debian debiansidfixed6.1.4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed6.1.4-1

References

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