# CVE-2022-49480: ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix refcount leak in imx\_hdmi\_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: ASoC: imx-hdmi: Fix refcount leak in imx_hdmi_probe of_find_device_by_node() takes reference, we should use put_device() to release it. when devm_kzalloc() fails, it doesn't have a put_device(), it will cause refcount leak. Add missing put_device() to fix this.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf760e494ee5fa6bc2dc222f0098c741ad460801
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8205a0114db10ec41bd2b748cdd7528632082eca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81b7edaabd44ba133006ad72056914eb36828d60
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed46731d8e86c8d65f5fc717671e1f1f6c3146d2

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