# CVE-2022-49011: hwmon: (coretemp) fix pci device refcount leak in nv1a\_ram\_new()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-21 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (coretemp) fix pci device refcount leak in nv1a_ram_new() 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 after using to avoid refcount leak.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb75a0d1223d43f97089841aecb28a9b4de687a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dd1da5a15eeecb2fe4cf131b3216fb455af783c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f74cffc7c85f770b1b1833dccb03b8cde3be102
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea5844f946b1ec5c0b7c115cd7684f34fd48021b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c40db1e5f316792b557d2be37e447c20d9ac4635
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e035d5a2a6b907cfce9a80c5f442c2e459cd34e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f598da27acbeee414679cacd14294db3e273e3d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dec14537c5906b8bf40fd6fd6d9c3850f8df11d

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