# CVE-2022-49466: regulator: scmi: Fix refcount leak in scmi\_regulator\_probe

- 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: 5.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: regulator: scmi: Fix refcount leak in scmi_regulator_probe of_find_node_by_name() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when done. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ebbfa73d69909b7c737f599fd4ebd42318fc881
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/299a002161c7bfb72e99ba45e5b660aecc344ea0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a59c763ef9b68c711dc2fd2ef4a6648da5480ee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68d6c8476fd4f448e70e0ab31ff972838ac41dae

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