# CVE-2022-49212: mtd: rawnand: atmel: fix refcount issue in atmel\_nand\_controller\_init

- 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: 4.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: rawnand: atmel: fix refcount issue in atmel_nand_controller_init The reference counting issue happens in several error handling paths on a refcounted object "nc->dmac". In these paths, the function simply returns the error code, forgetting to balance the reference count of "nc->dmac", increased earlier by dma_request_channel(), which may cause refcount leaks. Fix it by decrementing the refcount of specific object in those error paths.

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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/0856bf27057561f42b37df111603cf5a0d040294
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9843c9c98f26c6ad843260b19bfdaa2598f2ae1e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b08d211db4c447eb1a07df65e45e0aa772e0fa6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3587259ae553e41d1ce8c7435351a5d6b299a11
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe0e2ce5c87e9c0b9485ff566362030aa55972cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8baea2b96fa90af8d0f937caf4cf2105ee094d93
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1694169f3674cdf7553aed06864254635679878
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fecbd4a317c95d73c849648c406bcf1b6a0ec1cf

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