# CVE-2022-49454: PCI: mediatek: Fix refcount leak in mtk\_pcie\_subsys\_powerup()

- 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: 5.15

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: mediatek: Fix refcount leak in mtk_pcie_subsys_powerup() The of_find_compatible_node() function returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, We should use of_node_put() on it when done Add the missing of_node_put() to release the refcount.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad1c9d13e04509ae24fae8dd2897148657323519
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cef4237d6c37257cb6ddc397723e9c0dded0efe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09b2d906d78ddf5042b1f3e0091835fc6997e8a4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/214e0d8fe4a813ae6ffd62bc2dfe7544c20914f4

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