# CVE-2022-49244: ASoC: mediatek: mt8192-mt6359: Fix error handling in mt8192\_mt6359\_dev\_probe

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.15.33, 5.16.19
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.15.17, fixed in 5.15.33; from 5.16.3, fixed in 5.16.19
- Linux: 5.17

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: mediatek: mt8192-mt6359: Fix error handling in mt8192_mt6359_dev_probe The device_node pointer is returned by of_parse_phandle() with refcount incremented. We should use of_node_put() on it when done. This function only calls of_node_put() in the regular path. And it will cause refcount leak in error paths. Fix this by calling of_node_put() in error handling too.

## What to do

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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/87e04a89c31e792eef62bcba6ebb77fd323d28a1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5a38629f1aaf397fd471b27e49d55289ddc0656
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1765787ec02e824f4f5e672cf269280a5da09d2f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e45ac7831ff3e2934d58cce319c17c8ec763c95c

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