# CVE-2022-49128: drm/bridge: Add missing pm\_runtime\_put\_sync

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/bridge: Add missing pm_runtime_put_sync pm_runtime_get_sync() will increase the rumtime PM counter even when it returns an error. Thus a pairing decrement is needed to prevent refcount leak. Fix this by replacing this API with pm_runtime_resume_and_get(), which will not change the runtime PM counter on error. Besides, a matching decrement is needed on the error handling path to keep the counter balanced.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff13c90d7f7ab606b37be6d15140d19013d6736c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/792533e54cd6e89191798ccd1abd590c62b9077e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9df80dc738926a2ea4bd1ce5993c3d0f4b0e855c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46f47807738441e354873546dde0b000106c068a

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