# CVE-2022-49447: ARM: hisi: Add missing of\_node\_put after of\_find\_compatible\_node

- 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: 3.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ARM: hisi: Add missing of_node_put after of_find_compatible_node of_find_compatible_node will increment the refcount of the returned device_node. Calling of_node_put() to avoid the refcount leak

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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/46cb7868811d025c3d29c10d18b3422db1cf20d5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8da78b2bae1f54746647a2bb44f8bd6025c57af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd4be8ecfb41a29e7c4e551b4e866157ce4a3429
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e109058165137ef42841abd989f080adfefa14fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21a3effe446dd6dc5eed7fe897c2f9b88c9a5d6d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3265a9440030068547a20dfee646666f3ca5278
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cafaaae4bb9ce84a2791fa29bf6907a9466c3883
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45d211668d33c49d73f5213e8c2b58468108647c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bc72e47d4630d58a840a66a869c56b29554cfe4

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