# CVE-2022-49473: ASoC: ti: j721e-evm: Fix refcount leak in j721e\_soc\_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: 5.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: ti: j721e-evm: Fix refcount leak in j721e_soc_probe_* of_parse_phandle() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not needed anymore. 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/510e879420b410d88c612aecc6ca15dc6fe77473
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a3966b950b37a6f10c5f9caee15b4cdcf5a7413
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d748ff8fbb3a5296bddd586445dc692b079cbe3d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/554df0f70bff1ace6d2df2fcaddbc9b7bd509de2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a34840c4eb3278a7c29c9c57a65ce7541c66f9f2

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